From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Dec 12 09:29:28 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id JAA06146 for hardware-outgoing; Fri, 12 Dec 1997 09:29:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware) Received: from praline.no.neosoft.com (praline.no.NeoSoft.COM [206.27.160.253]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id JAA06135 for ; Fri, 12 Dec 1997 09:29:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from caj@praline.no.neosoft.com) Received: (qmail 4610 invoked by uid 65524); 12 Dec 1997 17:29:21 -0000 Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 11:29:21 -0600 (CST) From: Craig Johnston To: Marc Rassbach cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: SCSI card to choose In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 12 Dec 1997, Marc Rassbach wrote: > As a long-time user of bustek->buslogic->mylex BT-542/BT-948/BT-958 cards > I am considering moving away from the buslogic line. > > I'd prefer not to use adaptec, so what are my other choices for a good, > reliable, well preforming card line? > > (Adaptec: I don't like their selling of drivers, when the other vendors > give them away. Mylex: they don't release information on 'their' cards > (RAID cards), and with the new flashpoint line Mylex seems to be > carrying on with the tradition. With the 542/948 cards gone from the > line, its only a matter of time before all they have is flashpoint and > the i960 RAID cards.) > You probably want a Symbios Logic (nee NCR) 53c810 for SCSI-II, or the Ultra Wide version is 53c875, I believe. I've used solely 53c810's since I went PCI, and they work great. Much cheaper than adaptec, too. -Craig