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Date:      Thu, 21 May 1998 22:53:13 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Tom <tom@sdf.com>
To:        Josef Grosch <jgrosch@superior.mooseriver.com>
Cc:        Ben Goodwin <ben@hamsterville.ultranet.com>, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Seeking hardware recommendations
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980521225032.18193A-100000@misery.sdf.com>
In-Reply-To: <19980521214608.A29917@mooseriver.com>

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On Thu, 21 May 1998, Josef Grosch wrote:

> On Thu, May 21, 1998 at 10:46:36PM -0400, Ben Goodwin wrote:
> > I have been tasked with putting together a FreeBSD box that'll be used as
> > something to attach remote Xservers to (and thus will run plenty of logins,
> > shells, and various programs).  I'd like to put together a robust and quick
> > system.  What I'm looking for are recommendations on:
> > 
> > PCI SCSI card		Doesn't need to be blazingly fast; scsi-3 is fine 
> 
> Adaptec 2940UW

  Maybe when CAM comes to 2.2.x.  For now, you'd probably be better off
with a NCR 875.

> > PCI ethernet card	Some 100-meg card that works well and efficiently
> 
> Bay Networks Netgear FA310tx

  Ugh.  Yet another DEC chipset.  The Intel Etherexpress Pro100B is a bit
faster, and uses less CPU (about 15% I believe).

> -- 
> Josef Grosch           | Another day closer to a |    FreeBSD 2.2.7

  2.2.7?  What planet are you from?

> jgrosch@MooseRiver.com |   Micro$oft free world  | UNIX for the masses

Tom


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