Re: Good/Bad RAID and SCSI controllers?

On 11 Dec 2002 at 15:34, scott.marlowe wrote:

> On Thu, 12 Dec 2002, Justin Clift wrote:
> > Advansys UW SCSI controller: Brain damaged. Won't let standard Seagate Cheetah 10k RPM drives operating at all without
> > having SCSI Disconnection turned off, and speed is forced to a maximum throughput of 6MB/s. 100% not recommended.
> >
> > Adaptec 29160 Ultra160 controller, BIOS version 3.10.0: Seems nice. Everything works well, most stuff is automatically
> > configured, supported by just about everything. Haven't done throughput benchmarks though.
>
> I'll throw a vote in behind the SymBIOS / LSI logic cards. They are quite
> stable and reliable, and generally faster than most other cards. I've got
> an UW symbios card at home I'll have to truck into work to play with so I
> can compare it to my Adaptecs here.
>
> I picked it up on Ebay (the symbios card) for $30, and it had a network
> interface on it too, but the guy didn't know what kind it was. Turned out
> to be gig ethernet interface with the yellowfin chipset. not a bad deal,
> when you think about it. poor thing gets to run my scanner, a tape drive,
> and an old Plextor 12 Plex CDROM drive. I'd like to hook up something
> with the gigabit nic someday while it's still considered somewhat fast.
> :-)

Right now page on techdocs is pretty thin on such details. I suggest these
authors to put this information(barring humour etc. Just experiences) on that
document.

Secondly I see my name there as contributor but I do not recall any
contribution. Anyway since I would like to have my name there, I will put some
info there as well.

Bye
Shridhar

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