SCSI-card

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I hava a wish to buy a AtlasIII SCSI harddisk, but I dont know whitch SCSI-card to choose. Adaptec 39160 is too expensive. I´m looking for something cheaper, and also good enough to get at least 160MB/Sec out of it. Beat me, because I´m stupid, but pleeeaase give me an answer

Rgdz,
Mono

 

[wyldwezl]

Hi-- I do some work with SCSI drives, so maybe I can help. One thing to tell you about the 160 interface (keeping it brief) is that one single drive will NOT use up all that 160 mb bandwidth, not even half that at 80. The drive just isn't capable of putting out that much continuous information.

If you want to save some $$$, I'd suggest getting an Adaptec 2940U2W, an 80 mbps card which will work fine with your hard drive-- the limiting factor will not be the adapter card, unless you're going to run RAID or something.

I'm currently using an IBM DDYS 18 gig 10K rpm drive on a system that has an embedded Adaptec U2W controlled on the motherboard-- that drive just rips through stuff!

One of my favorite haunts for SCSI stuff is <A HREF="http://www.hypermicro.com" target="_new">http://www.hypermicro.com</A>. Check their bargain basement for deals on some drives or adapter cards.

Hope this helps--