From owner-freebsd-scsi Thu Nov 20 06:59:57 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id GAA09561 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Thu, 20 Nov 1997 06:59:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-scsi) Received: from seabass.progroup.com (catfish.progroup.com [206.24.122.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id GAA09556 for ; Thu, 20 Nov 1997 06:59:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from craig@tuna.progroup.com) Received: from ProGroup.COM (tuna.progroup.com [206.24.122.5]) by seabass.progroup.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id GAA05020 for ; Thu, 20 Nov 1997 06:59:13 -0800 (PST) Received: by ProGroup.COM (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id GAA04146; Thu, 20 Nov 1997 06:58:44 -0800 From: craig@tuna.progroup.com (Craig W. Shaver) Message-Id: <199711201458.GAA04146@ProGroup.COM> Subject: Re: Advice on new SCSI hardware To: scsi@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 20 Nov 1997 06:58:44 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: from "Chris Dillon" at Nov 19, 97 11:35:50 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > I'm finally looking into getting some REAL drives on this beast of mine > (SCSI as opposed to IDE), and have considered several options. The card I > am most likely going to use is the Tekram DC-390F (i believe that is the I have 2 of those and I like them. > Ultra Wide card), and am debating which drives to go with it. The > cheapeast I have seen so far were from Corporate Systems > (www.corpsys.com), the 2.1GB Seagate 32430WD (which they tag as just > Wide-SCSI), Watch out here! I think the 32430WD may be a "differential" drive, and that requires a separate scsi buss (and controller) that supports differential. Ask questions before you get it. del .... > > > --- Chris Dillon > --- cdillon@tri-lakes.net > --- Powered by FreeBSD, the best operating system on the planet. > ---- (http://www.freebsd.org) > -- Craig Shaver (craig@progroup.com) (415)390-0654 Productivity Group POB 60458 Sunnyvale, CA 94088