Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 11:24:37 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Mark Castillo <mark@relationships.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Upgrading to SCSI controllers Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980216112315.10577G-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <003e01bd38c9$b2aa9e70$c800a8c0@phineas>
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On Fri, 13 Feb 1998, Mark Castillo wrote: > I am planning to upgrade my EIDE system to SCSI HD. > Is there an advantage to using Ultra Wide as opposed to just Ultra SCSI? > There is a major price difference in HD and controllers. Yes, definitely; Wide uses a wider datapath than normal, aka narrow. you'll get better thruput in heavy loads with wide vs. narrow. If this is a workstation it's your call. > Also, what controller boards (brand, model) would you suggest in a webserver > configuration that are compatible and stable under FreeBSD? Adaptec 2940UW (NO A) and the NCR series (53c810, 815, 825, etc) work well. The NCRs are only SCSI 2. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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