[KLUG Hardware] SCSI card recommendation

Adam Williams hardware@kalamazoolinux.org
05 Nov 2002 05:54:21 -0500


>>I recently was going through a box of stuff and found a HP35470A DDS-1 2/4 GB
>DAT drive. Cool! Now I need recommendations on which SCSI card to use.
>I have an Asus a7m266 mboard.
>I've had good luck with Adaptec 2940 cards on recent RH releases.
>I see they are around $20 on pricewatch.

Me to.  The only card I have that I don't like is a "Future Domain"
which likes to have bus errors.  But basically ANY card is going to be
able to drive that DAT drive at its full speed.

>If you want to hook a HDD to the controller someday, a 2940UW ($40)
>(ultra wide) has the 68 pin connection in addition to the 50 pin.

IBM IPS!  Three channels of UW power ~$75,  and sports its own i960
processor and memory.  Only they don't work in Dells for some reason.