Re: system requirements for SCSI
the adaptec 2940u2w (aic-7890) is well supported in every kernel I've seen recently.
-Aaron Solochek
leko@cmu.edu
Gary Hennigan wrote:
> "Brian J. Stults" <bs7452@csc.albany.edu> writes:
> > I want to by a SCSI drive and controller for one of my older computers
> > so it can act as an ftp server. My understanding is that a slower
> > computer can act as a decent server if you use SCSI since it doesn't
> > require much from the processor. Is that right? Also, are there any
> > minimum requirements? The computer is a Gateway P166 with 32MB of EDO
> > ram. It will boot from an IDE drive, but the files that will be
> > available from the server will all be on the SCSI drive. Sorry this
> > isn't entirely Debian-related, but I use Debian and I want to install
> > Debian on this computer, too. I'm thinking of buying a 9.1GB IBM
> > Ultrastar 18ES and an Adaptec 2940U2W U2W/S host adapter. Thanks in
> > advance for any input.
>
> I can't comment on the resources required, but I can say that I'd
> seriously consider some of the other SCSI controllers out there. Don't
> get me wrong, I have a 2940UW and haven't had any problems with it,
> but Adaptec charges a premium for their products and have, in the
> past, been slow to embrace Linux.
>
> Do a search for the topic of SCSI controllers via http://www.deja.com
> and look at what folks have to say. I've seen a lot of good things
> said about the other SCSI controllers that are a lot less expensive
> than Adaptec.
>
> Good Luck,
> Gary
>
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