Re: [OT] Whitch adaptec SCSI card?
On Mon, Apr 26, 1999 at 04:55:38PM +0200, Larry de Graaf wrote:
I am rather fond of the Symbios 875 they are cheap, they are fast, and the driver
is very stable.
I have heard great things about the newer versions of this card also, don't know how
cheap those are though.
> I'm using a Buslogic BT-958 for more then a year now. I'm very happy with.
> At that time I choosed it instead of Adaptec because of a lot of problems
> people had with Adaptec cards. I don't say there are still problems with
> Adaptec but my next card will be Buslogic (Mylex).
>
> For the record: I don't own any shares of Mylex. Just a happy user.
>
>
> >Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 08:53:03 -0400 (EDT)
> >From: "David B.Teague" <dbt@cs.wcu.edu>
> >To: Ries van Twisk <rvt@dds.nl>
> >cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> >Subject: Re: [OT] Whitch adaptec SCSI card?
> >Message-ID: <[🔎] Pine.LNX.3.96.990426084840.19851E-100000@tinuviel.cs.wcu.edu>
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> >
> >Ries van Twisk <rvt@dds.nl> writes:
> >
> >> I'm running Debian with a 2.0.36 kernel.
> >> I want to upgrade my system to the following:
> >>
> >> 12..18Gb HD
> >> DAT Tape Backup system
> >> SCSI card for connecting both.
> >>
> >> Witch SCSI card is best supported, and whitch DAT type is best supported?
> >> Where can I find the doc's on witch HF is supported under Debian?
> >
> >Ries,
> >
> >Adaptec cards are everywhere, and are supported by everybody. My
> >problem with Adaptec cards is that they are very sensitive to
> >cable troubles. I have replaced cables more times than I would
> >like to admit. If you do use an Adaptec card, use the very best
> >cables money can buy.
> >
> >Or you can use Mylex (aka Bus Logic) cards which are reputed not
> >to be so sensitive to cabling. Linux does support them. I think
> >Windows 9x also supports them, but someone else will have to
> >confirm that.
> >
> >-- David
> >David Teague, dbt@cs.wcu.edu
> >Debian GNU/Linux Because software support should be free, timely,
> > useful, technically accurate, and friendly.
> > (Hoping that this is all of the above)
>
>
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