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From: michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com (Michael L. VanLoon)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: fastest disk controller?
Date: 01 Nov 1995 06:40:24 GMT
Organization: HeadCandy Associates... Sweets for the lobes.
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Message-ID: <MICHAELV.95Oct31224024@MindBender.HeadCandy.com>
References: <DHA57u.IpI@twwells.com> <474tv6$bpn@uriah.heep.sax.de>
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In-reply-to: j@uriah.heep.sax.de's message of 31 Oct 1995 11:32:06 +0100
In article <474tv6$bpn@uriah.heep.sax.de> j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) writes:
T. William Wells <bill@twwells.com> wrote:
>I'm looking to put together a news server. News servers tend to
>be disk bound -- so I want a *fast* disk controller. Ignoring
>the multi kilobuck garbage that just isn't worth the incremental
>cost, what's the fastest disk controller(s) for FreeBSD?
I don't think there is *a* fastest disk controller, but either the
al-cheapo NCR 53c810, and the Adaptec AHA-[23]94X (PCI) series work
very well. Put at most two disks on one SCSI bus to avoid overloading
the bus.
Also highly recommended: BusLogic BT946 and BT956 controllers. You
can find out about them via www.buslogic.com. (You knew I was going
to pipe in, didn't you? :-)
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Michael L. VanLoon michaelv@HeadCandy.com
--< Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x >--
NetBSD working ports: 386+PC, Mac 68k, Amiga, HP300, Sun3, Sun4,
DEC PMAX (MIPS), DEC Alpha, PC532
NetBSD ports in progress: VAX, Atari 68k, others...
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