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Date:      Wed, 7 Jan 1998 12:36:33 -0600 (CST)
From:      Damon Anton Permezel <dap@damon.com>
To:        shimon@simon-shapiro.org
Cc:        donegan@quick.net, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: SCSI Performance
Message-ID:  <199801071836.MAA13328@damon.com>
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.980107082826.shimon@simon-shapiro.org> from Simon Shapiro at "Jan 7, 98 08:28:26 am"

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"Simon Shapiro sez: "
> 
> On 06-Jan-98 Steven P. Donegan wrote:
> > Well Santa was nice to me so I'm now in the market for a nice fast SCSI 
> > solution. What is the fastest SCSI controller for the PCI bus (Tyan 
> > Tomcat IIID with 2(ea) 200Mhz Pentiums)? Since I have no SCSI devices yet
> > any fast/wide/etc solution would be fine. Also any suggestions on fast 
> > drives matching your favorite fast controller would be appreciated. If 
> > there is a web site somewhere with benchmark data a pointer would be 
> > appreciated. This is all for use with 3.0 current.
> > 
> > TIA

(having just bought 2 9-gig SCSI drives, I have but two words...)

Fibre channel!

Who's working on device drivers for FC cards?

FC-AL Seagate drives were about the same price as SCSI-3 last I looked.

If anyone needs a FC dd written, I hereby volunteer!



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