Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 10:39:16 -0600 (MDT) From: "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@kdm.org> To: chris@netmonger.net (Christopher Masto) Cc: scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Good non-RAID controller? Message-ID: <199908111639.KAA48167@panzer.kdm.org> In-Reply-To: <19990811120335.A8339@netmonger.net> from Christopher Masto at "Aug 11, 1999 12:03:35 pm"
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Christopher Masto wrote... > I see a lot of information on which RAID devices to get, but it's all > a bit more expensive than I'm looking for at the moment. I'm thinking > of doing mirroring with Vinum, but the last SCSI FreeBSD machine I was > involved with was several years ago. At the time, we put an Adaptec > 3940 dual-channel controller in it. I have a bit of an aversion to > using that card again, since it's been around since the stone age, and > I don't think its performance is particularly good. > > Does anyone have a better recommendation for a relatively inexpensive > SCSI card that works well with FreeBSD? Dual-channel would be nice, > but I suppose I could just get two cards if the price is right. I wouldn't call it inexpensive, but the Adaptec 3950U2B would be a good choice. It's a dual channel Ultra-2 controller. If you get the kit version, you get two Ultra-2 cables and a 50-pin cable. The Ultra-2 cables alone are probably worth the extra money for the kit. Ken -- Kenneth Merry ken@kdm.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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