On Sun, 2004-02-15 at 10:30, Felix Miata wrote: > Patrick Nelson wrote: > > Have waited for any reply... So if no one has understanding of 1540 > > what scsi card should I purchase that is supported and works well? > > > Please any help is appreciated. > > You definitely want to avoid 154x devices in PCI systems if performance > matters to you. > > If money is no object, any Adaptec PCI HBA will do. If cost is > important, any HBA built around the NCR/Symbios/LSI Logic 53c8xx series > chips is very well supported, and most if not all the newer ones as > well. Compaq, Asus and LSI itself among others make these devices. All > my systems use 53c8xx SCSI, most the LSI SYM8751SP, which is an ultra > SCSI (SE) device with a single bus and both 50 pin and 68 pin connectors > <http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3459360066>. > http://fieldhome.net:9080/scsi_faq//scsifaq.html I will connect only 1 device (a iomega 1GB Jazz drive) to it and I only use that as backup storage. So performance isn't an issue and neither is ability to boot of of the device.
