From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun Jun 27 19:11:55 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from rapier.goldsword.com (rapier.goldsword.com [199.170.202.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 757AB150F3; Sun, 27 Jun 1999 19:11:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jfarmer@goldsword.com) Received: (from jfarmer@localhost) by rapier.goldsword.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id WAA03048; Sun, 27 Jun 1999 22:11:39 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 22:11:39 -0400 (EDT) From: "John T. Farmer" Message-Id: <199906280211.WAA03048@rapier.goldsword.com> To: crb@ChrisBowman.com, gummibear@we.mediaone.net Subject: Re: Are SIIG SCSI Cards Supported? Cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, jfarmer@goldsword.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199906272000.PAA16165@quark.ChrisBowman.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Sun, 27 Jun 1999 16:00:42 Christopher R. Bowman said: > At 10:53 AM 6/27/99 -0700, gummibear@we.mediaone.net wrote: > >Hello all! > >I'm looking at getting a low-cost entry level SCSI adapter. I came across > >SIIG (www.siig.com) products while looking through newspaper ads. SIIG > >seems to make various I/O adapters ranging from SCSI cards to ATA/66 cards > >and more. The product that I was interested in is the: AP-40 SCSI Pro PCI - > >Ultra Wide SCSI Bus Master Adapter. I've seen this card as low as $150 > >which seems to be a good deal. > > > >According to their website their SCSI controllers use two different > >chipsets, the ADVANSYS and INITIO. I believe that I've read that the > >Admansys chipset is supported, but I'm not sure about the Initio. Do you > >know if that chipset is supported? > > The Tekram 390 U2W is a Symbios 53c895 based Ultra2-Wide controller that I have > seen as low as $160. I have the 390F which is a Symbios 53c876 based > Ultra-Wide and should be cheaper, and I have been very happy with it under the > many operating systems I have tried. I also picked up a Diamond Fireport 40 > Dual which is a dual channel Ultra-Wide based on the Symbios 53c876, it's bios > isn't as nice as the Tekram's but it has also been a very nice card. The > Adaptec cards are very well supported since the two guys that do most of the > scsi work spend the time to make sure the Adpatec cards work right. The > Symbios cards on the other hand have complete and easily attained documentation > making it easy for others to dig in and fix things. Both of these drivers have > been very stable for a long time. If I were you I would either get an Adaptec > card or a Symbios based card which are a tiny bit cheaper. > -------- Look at the Diamond Fireport 40. If you look around (www.pricewatch.com for starters), you can find the "white box" (card, no cables) for around $85 to $90 US. I have one in a web server with seagate wide drives. Under FreeBSD, it's fast & works. It's also cheap. What's not to like? If you want the Adaptec, the 2940uw2 can be found for around $160 to $180. The Tekram can be found in the $70 to $90 range. John ---------------------------------------------------------------------- John T. Farmer Owner & CTO GoldSword Systems jfarmer@goldsword.com 423-691-6498 Knoxville TN Internet Services & Servers, Network Design, Consulting To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message