Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 22:53:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom <tom@sdf.com> To: Josef Grosch <jgrosch@superior.mooseriver.com> Cc: Ben Goodwin <ben@hamsterville.ultranet.com>, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Seeking hardware recommendations Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980521225032.18193A-100000@misery.sdf.com> In-Reply-To: <19980521214608.A29917@mooseriver.com>
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On Thu, 21 May 1998, Josef Grosch wrote: > On Thu, May 21, 1998 at 10:46:36PM -0400, Ben Goodwin wrote: > > I have been tasked with putting together a FreeBSD box that'll be used as > > something to attach remote Xservers to (and thus will run plenty of logins, > > shells, and various programs). I'd like to put together a robust and quick > > system. What I'm looking for are recommendations on: > > > > PCI SCSI card Doesn't need to be blazingly fast; scsi-3 is fine > > Adaptec 2940UW Maybe when CAM comes to 2.2.x. For now, you'd probably be better off with a NCR 875. > > PCI ethernet card Some 100-meg card that works well and efficiently > > Bay Networks Netgear FA310tx Ugh. Yet another DEC chipset. The Intel Etherexpress Pro100B is a bit faster, and uses less CPU (about 15% I believe). > -- > Josef Grosch | Another day closer to a | FreeBSD 2.2.7 2.2.7? What planet are you from? > jgrosch@MooseRiver.com | Micro$oft free world | UNIX for the masses Tom To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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