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From: craig@gnofn.org (Craig Johnston)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Hardware recomendation
Date: 29 May 1997 23:59:19 -0500
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In article <01bc6c1c$746b3b80$03a591ce@ras-tsmphs-w95>,
Patrick Sonnek <psonnek@soncom.com> wrote:
>I have the following SCSI configuration
>
>HD: (aic0:0:0): "QUANTUM FIREBALL_TM2110S 300X" type0 fixed SCSI 2
>TD:  (aic0:4:0): "CONNER CTT8000-S 1.17" type 1 removable SCSI 2 
>
>The Controller is currently a Adaptec 1522  
>
>Disk access is not as fast as I would like, I would like to know, what
>would be the best controller to use, to get the maximum throughput from the
>devices (primarily the HD) that I have.  The computer is a Compaq Prosario,
>P75, and has EISA and PCI slots.  
>

Get a NCR 53c815 card -- cheap, fast, solid under FreeBSD.  
www.asacomputers.com has 'em for $78 I think.