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Date:      Wed, 11 Aug 1999 10:39:16 -0600 (MDT)
From:      "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@kdm.org>
To:        chris@netmonger.net (Christopher Masto)
Cc:        scsi@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Good non-RAID controller?
Message-ID:  <199908111639.KAA48167@panzer.kdm.org>
In-Reply-To: <19990811120335.A8339@netmonger.net> from Christopher Masto at "Aug 11, 1999 12:03:35 pm"

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Christopher Masto wrote...
> I see a lot of information on which RAID devices to get, but it's all
> a bit more expensive than I'm looking for at the moment.  I'm thinking
> of doing mirroring with Vinum, but the last SCSI FreeBSD machine I was
> involved with was several years ago.  At the time, we put an Adaptec
> 3940 dual-channel controller in it.  I have a bit of an aversion to
> using that card again, since it's been around since the stone age, and
> I don't think its performance is particularly good.
> 
> Does anyone have a better recommendation for a relatively inexpensive
> SCSI card that works well with FreeBSD?  Dual-channel would be nice,
> but I suppose I could just get two cards if the price is right.

I wouldn't call it inexpensive, but the Adaptec 3950U2B would be a good
choice.  It's a dual channel Ultra-2 controller.  If you get the kit
version, you get two Ultra-2 cables and a 50-pin cable.  The Ultra-2 cables
alone are probably worth the extra money for the kit.

Ken
-- 
Kenneth Merry
ken@kdm.org


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