[SunRescue] SCSI vs IDE in a single user U10

[James Lockwood]

On Mon, 18 Dec 2000, Christopher Byrne wrote:

> The two 36 gig drives I just bought are IBM UltraStar's. Very very nice
> drives, and I cant wait to get them installed, but I need to get a good HBA
> first, so I'm asking the same question with a slight rider on it,
> 
> what is the best SCSI controller for a U10, that is readily available, and
> relativley affordable.

Symbios SYM22801.  You will not saturate 2 UW SCSI channels with 2 drives,
even speed demons.  If you need more bandwidth, add more controllers (2
SYM22801's will easily completely saturate a single 32-bit/33MHz PCI bus).

The LSI/Symbios/NCR SCSI chipsets are quite highly regarded in the
embedded world, I'm not sure why they don't seem to carry as much market
share in the PC marketplace.

-James