From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Feb 28 13:53:08 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA22727 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sat, 28 Feb 1998 13:53:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from slug.EUnet.pt (sj3-p15.telepac.pt [194.65.185.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA22385; Sat, 28 Feb 1998 13:48:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from j@bug.fe.up.pt) Received: from localhost (jmg@localhost) by slug.EUnet.pt (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id VAA05521; Sat, 28 Feb 1998 21:47:39 GMT (envelope-from j@bug.fe.up.pt) X-Authentication-Warning: slug.EUnet.pt: jmg owned process doing -bs Date: Sat, 28 Feb 1998 21:47:38 +0000 (WET) From: freebsd@bug.fe.up.pt X-Sender: jmg@slug.EUnet.pt To: freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: SCSI host adapter... Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi. Soon I'll upgrade my machine's disk sub-system from IDE to SCSI but I have some doubts. Which SCSI host adapter should I buy? I was thinking about the Adaptec 2940UW but it is soooo expensive here (aprox. $330) that I thought about the ASUS PCI-SC875 (Symbios Logic 53C875) which is much cheaper. Which one performs better? I also know that the ASUS adapter only supports SCSI-2 so I won't be able to plug a Quantum Atlas II (UW, SCSI-3) that I am planning to buy. Am I right? I've heard that from time to time some problems appear on the Adaptec driver and I've never heard anything similar about the cards with Symbios chips. But as I know that wcarchive.cdrom.com is running with 2 Adaptecs 3940 it shouldn't be a problem, right? I've also heard about the DPT host adapters, which are very fast trusting the company that produces these cards. Anyone with experiences on those? I might go with the inexpensive ASUS card now and buy a DPT latter instead of the Adaptec... (FYI this is for my home machine and I can't spend to much money on it) Thanks in advance To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message