Date: Wed, 15 Nov 1995 01:53:46 -0600 From: Jon Loeliger <jdl@chrome.onramp.net> To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Which PCI SCSI controler? Message-ID: <199511150753.BAA06328@chrome.jdl.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 15 Nov 1995 07:38:54 GMT." <199511150738.HAA04147@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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Apparently, Michael Smith scribbled: > > - I want a PCI SCSI controller > > Good choice. > > > NCR 53C910 $ 95 > > 910 or 810? The 910 I know not, the 810 we use a lot here. Very good, > very cheap. Um, rustle, rustle... Yep, looks like a typo; it was the 810. > ftp.cdrom.com runs on 2940's, both that and the NCR 810 have excellent > drivers. In your case, the advantages offered by the 2940 aren't > terribly significant (better performance with large numbers of drives > and controllers...) Ah, excellent. Probably the key piece of advice here... Thanks. > With a machine like that, SCSI is a definite win. Yea, thought so.... > > And, as a totally secondary possibility, although I am willing to > > completely ignore this if needed, I might use the same card and > > tape drive to back up a Winblows-95 box too. > > Both the 2930 and the NCR 810 are supported by W95, so you're laughing there. Snicker. Thanks for the quick response! Now I can get back to spending more money! jdl
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