[SunRescue] What should I look for?

[Mahesh Babbar]

Can u suggest which model of Symbios PCI SCSI controller will work on it.?

TIA ,

Mahesh
-----Original Message-----
From: James Lockwood <nova!isi.edu!lockwood>
To: rescue at sunhelp.org <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Date: Saturday, May 29, 1999 11:26 AM
Subject: Re: [SunRescue] What should I look for?


>On Fri, 28 May 1999, Michael C. Vergallen wrote:
>
>> I was at one point looking at an ultra5 but didn't get one because they
>> used a IDE disc interface and where to close to a PC e.i. PCI bus etc
that
>> I choose not to get one.
>
>Agreed, IDE sucks.  But with Symbios dual-channel UW SCSI cards in the
>sub-$100 range (and fully supported by OBP) this shouldn't be a stumbling
>block.
>
>Sun is going to PCI, it's as simple as that.  It offers typically higher
>speed than sbus (33MHz 32-bit vs 25MHz 32-bit) as well as maximum higher
>speed (66MHz 64-bit vs 25MHz 64-bit).  There are large benefits to being
>able to use commodity PCI cards, and driver support is growing (although
>slowly).  Sun will not release another sbus machine in the future.
>
>If you're a real power-user on the cheap then you should probably get an
>AXi or similar: basically an Ultra 5/10 motherboard but with 6 PCI slots,
>a UPA64S slot, dual UW SCSI built in, no audio, and ATX form factor.
>They're in the sub-$1500 range with CPU now as well (www.memoryx.com).
>Sure, you've got to build your own, but I expect that isn't a big problem
>for most of the people here.
>
>-James
>
>
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