Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 22:49:18 -0600 From: "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@kdm.org> To: Brian Szymanski <brian.szymanski@cornell.edu> Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: scsi adapter to buy? Message-ID: <20010828224918.A34271@panzer.kdm.org> In-Reply-To: <999059161.3b8c6ed99eb72@wuhjuhbuh.2y.net>; from brian.szymanski@cornell.edu on Wed, Aug 29, 2001 at 12:26:01AM -0400 References: <999059161.3b8c6ed99eb72@wuhjuhbuh.2y.net>
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On Wed, Aug 29, 2001 at 00:26:01 -0400, Brian Szymanski wrote: > Howdy, > > I was planning on purchasing a Seagate Cheetah X15 36LP, and, being new to > SCSI, was wondering what sort of adapter I should get for it (its replacing an > IDE drive). How much should I spend/what brands are good to buy/what's > supported? > > If anyone can point me in the direction of a good place to read about SCSI > adapters (and their support under fbsd), or can give specific > recommendations/reasoning, it would be greatly appreciated. Well, supported hardware is generally listed in the release notes for each release. Sometimes it can be a little out of date, though. (note -- I work for Adaptec, so I may be a bit biased) That said, I would recommend an Adaptec U160 controller, for a couple of reasons. The first is driver support -- Justin Gibbs writes both the FreeBSD and Linux drivers, and they generally work very well. The second is hardware availability. The Symbios/LSI driver is very good, as is the QLogic driver, but those boards are difficult (LSI) and almost impossible (QLogic) to find out in the "channel" market. Anyway, as far as cost, you're looking at $155 for the 19160 white box version (i.e. no cables, probably no drivers or anything else included) to $348 for the 39160 kit. (kit means that it comes with cables, drivers for Windows, etc.) (Prices are from www.microx-press.com, you might find cheaper prices elsewhere.) For a list of Adaptec SCSI controllers, see: http://www.adaptec.com/worldwide/product/prodtechindex.html?cat=%2fTechnology%2fSCSI&source=home You want an Ultra160 board, so the main issue is what sort of connectors you want on the board. With more connectors and more busses, you'll pay more, but get more flexibility. So once you figure out what you might use your controller for (i.e. just disks, or CD burners, scanners, tape drives, etc.) you can decide what sort of connector/bus arrangement you want. Ken -- Kenneth Merry ken@kdm.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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