Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 08:39:41 -0700 From: Darryl Okahata <darrylo@hpnmhjw.sr.hp.com> To: Thomas Pfenning <thomaspf@microsoft.com> Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: DAT or removable device? Message-ID: <199608291539.AA116373181@hpnmhjw.sr.hp.com>
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> That is an interesting measuring method. The August issue of Byte
> published a comparison of Ultra SCSI adapters and they had the AHA-2940
> Ultra wide and a Symbios 53C875 based board on the test. They tested it
> with 8 drives and at least the 53C875 matches or beats the Adaptec in
> all tests. The Adaptec actually came in last in accumulated bandwidth.
I think the 875 has on-chip/board RAM, and so it doesn't have to go
to the PCI bus for microcode, unlike the 810/815 (and 825???).
-- Darryl Okahata
Internet: darrylo@sr.hp.com
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