SCSI needs

[Patrick Nelson]

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.