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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!lll-winken.llnl.gov!hookup!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.iag.net!trauma.rn.com!trauma.rn.com!not-for-mail From: larry@trauma.rn.com (Larry Snyder) Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: SCSI diskIO Date: 23 Aug 1995 17:02:05 -0400 Organization: TraumaNet Lines: 33 Message-ID: <41g50d$9r@trauma.rn.com> References: <417ee7$1kp@trauma.rn.com> <419qu5$r4q@bonnie.tcd-dresden.de> <41fpji$g5a@overload.lbl.gov> NNTP-Posting-Host: rn.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.periphs.scsi:36160 comp.os.linux.hardware:14087 comp.os.linux.setup:18008 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:5012 In article <41fpji$g5a@overload.lbl.gov>, Jin Guojun[ITG] <jin@gracie.lbl.gov> wrote: >In article <419qu5$r4q@bonnie.tcd-dresden.de>, >J Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de> wrote: >>news <news@trauma.rn.com> wrote: >>>I can't decide on which controller to use. Is the 2940 my only option? >>>I have access to an older 2940 (original one) however, I would like to >>>know if there is a PCI SCSI host adapter for less money that runs faster >>>than the 2940 under FreeBSD, Linux and DOS. >> >>Well, not faster, but almost at the same speed for very less bucks: >>the NCR 52c810. I can easily suck 5 MB/s from a (not too fast) >>Seagate disk over it, and 4.8 MB/s (each) when running two disks in >>parallel. Ain't this enough for you? >>-- > >I guess you mean 53c810 for 52c810. It is the most less expensive SCSI-2 >controller and has the performance reach the SCSI-2 spec. >I got 6.6 MBps reading rate on a sigle Seagate Baracuda disk and >8.5 MBps reading rate on double Seagate Baracuda disks on the same controller. >It costs $55 now from ACME MICRO-SYSTEM Inc., and about $69 - $79 other places. I've seen prices of $120 in the Computer Shopper.. Is there a national vendor (ie: Dirt Cheap Drives, or Treasure Chest, etc)? I've also seen mention of a ROM that is required for this to run on specific motherboards - which I'm not quite clear on.. -- Larry Snyder larry@rn.com larry@iag.net Systems Administrator Internet Access Group, Inc Connecting Florida to the Internet 407-786-1145 / 800-380-4IAG * providing leased lines / dedicated / dialup / Web services / Consulting *