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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.erols.net!news.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!206.63.63.70!nwnews.wa.com!news1.halcyon.com!usenet From: "Duane H. Hesser" <dhh@androcles.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: PCI ---------> SCSI Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 21:32:16 -0800 Organization: Northwest Nexus Inc. Lines: 62 Message-ID: <32B23BE0.41C67EA6@androcles.com> References: <32AE3031.2CCB@ma.ultranet.com> <revr.850375820@ganymedes> <32B047A3.4629@ma.ultranet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: androcles.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (X11; U; FreeBSD 2.1.6-RELEASE i386) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:32569 Kenny wrote: > > Rene de Vries wrote: > > > Kenny <kbranco@ma.ultranet.com> writes: > > > > >I am new to SCSI and looking for a inexpensive pci to scsi controller > > >for my FreeBSD 2.1.5 machine. I have read the ads, visited the websites > > >now I want to know what really works with FreeBSD. What I am after is a > > >fast reliable back up solution. Thanks for your opinions... > > > > I am using a NCR815 for all my storage devices. I think it is cheap. > > > > Where can I buy one? How much do they cost? Try http://www.rcsystems.com/ (RC Systems, INc.). They list the Tyan Yorktown I & II cards at $95 and $125, respectively. The Yorktown I uses the Symbios (NCR)825 (fast/wide), while the Yorktown II (according to RCSI) sports the 875 chip (fast/wide/ultra). Interestingly, it is very difficult to find Symbios-based boards on the web (or anywhere else). Tyan lists the Yorktown I on their website, claiming that it uses an 825 chip, while Symbios replaced the 825 with the 825A on their site almost a yer ago). Tyan does not list the Yorktown II--RCSI is the only place I've seen it listed. Symbios responded to some mail I sent them a whil back with information suggesting that Insight had agreed to retail their cards, but I've never seen them listed on the Insight website. Here's the mail from Symbios: >You can by Symbios Logic host adapters through our distributor, Insight >Electronics at 800-677-6011 ext 3047. They have agreed to sell to individual >users. >OEMs that use the parts listed above would be Data Technology Corp. >408-942-4081. DTC3130BW (53c875). DTC3130B (53c825a), and DTC3130 (53c815). >Tyan s-1365 >csc > >Chuck@Symbios Logic If you're going to buy one of these, I'd strongly advise getting at least an 825 or (preferably) 825A card (fast-wide; 16 bit path) even if you don't yet have a wide disk device, to offer yourself an upgrade path. This advice is based upon my belief that 'disk speed' is extraordinarily important to performance of a *nix-base system. Fast cpus are a waste if your disks are slow (IMHO). At $95 (compared to maybe $65 for and 810 or 815), these things are CHEAP compared to Adaptec, Buslogic, etc. cards for PCI SCSI. -- Duane H. Hesser dhh@androcles.com