Return to BSD News archive
Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!btnet!news.enterprise.net!starship From: apc@enterprise.net (Adrian Cooper) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Adaptec licensing Date: Wed, 06 Sep 95 21:36:18 GMT Organization: Enterprise PLC Lines: 31 Message-ID: <42l89r$8h6@news.enterprise.net> References: <42f6uu$6ng@hops.entertain.com> <1995Sep4.195455.1@spcvxb.spc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: starship.enterprise.net X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #4 In article <1995Sep4.195455.1@spcvxb.spc.edu>, terry@spcvxb.spc.edu (Terry Kennedy, Operations Mgr.) wrote: >In article <42f6uu$6ng@hops.entertain.com>, dwatson@abwam.com (Darryl Watson) writes: >> 2) No Adaptec support for greater than 174x controllers. >> >> #2 is a total bummer... I understand that Adaptec won't license the >> necessary info to BSDi without the condition that they (Adaptec) can >> jerk the license any time they want. Unfortunately, Adaptec makes the >> most popular controller cards on the market, and they perform well. > > >> If not, are there any other controller manufacturers that compare in >> performance to Adaptec, that are supported by BSDi? > > See above for info on BusLogic. If you're a reseller, Tech Data carries >them. If you're an end user, most dealers can special order the cards if they >don't stock them. If you need a PCI SCSI controller - the Buslogic 946 works extremely well. Also, now that BSDI supports the NCR based SCSI controllers of the type found integrated in to system boards and used as the basis for low cost SCSI cards, that might be a very good solution as well. I havn't tried an NCR based SCSI controller under BSDI, but generally speaking they are reckoned to perform at least as well as the Adaptec 2940, and with no attitude problems either <g>. -- ___________________________________ Adrian Cooper | apc@enterprise.net Enterprise PLC | http://www.enterprise.net Leading Internet Services in the British Isles.