I endorsed. Jeff Noxon wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 03, 1997 at 09:27:41AM -0700, Steve Witt wrote: > [snip] > > I've read the SCSI HOW-TO and it seems to highly recommend the Buslogic > > series of boards. All of my Windows friends tell me that the Adaptec > > boards are the only way to go. In looking at my normal stores, both local > > This is FUD. I had the same resistance at first. Adaptec has brand-name > recognition. > > > and mailorder, the Adaptec boards are sold by everybody, the Buslogic by > > almost no one. I searched for some suppliers of the Buslogic boards and > > most don't seem to keep much stock and would have to order board from the > > manufacturer. The two boards I'm considering are the Buslogic BT-948 and > > Adaptec AHA-2940, which seem to be similar in performance and price. > > > > My questions are: Is the Buslogic board really better than the Adaptec? > > Is the Buslogic better supported in Linux than the Adaptec? Is the > > difference worth it? > > I have a BusLogic BT-946C (the predecessor to the 948), and an Adaptec > AHA-3940W. I've also used practically every other model of Adaptec and > BusLogic controller at one time or another. > > I will never buy another Adaptec controller again. > > Here's why: > - Adaptec does not support free software. BusLogic embraces Linux. > The quality of the Adaptec and BusLogic drivers on Linux reflects > this: The Adaptec driver is marginally acceptable, and the BusLogic > driver is great. > > - The BusLogic boards have been more compatible with marginal cabling > and termination. The Adaptec boards are generally more sensitive to > this. > > - The BusLogic boards are all compatible with the Adaptec AHA-1542 > standard. Even the new Adaptec boards do not support that old mode. > This can be very useful in those rare circumstances when you don't > have a native-mode driver available. The 1542 driver is ubiquitous. > > - BusLogic has great customer support, exchange/upgrade policies, and > IMHO better products. I have never had any trouble getting questions > answered -- even very technical ones. As always, YMMV. > > - Just as easy to use, if not easier. And some have flashable firmware > (ie the 948) and other features Adaptec doesn't have. > > - The BusLogic board works w/ everything. > > Adaptec is in a position where they virtually control the PC SCSI market. > This is unfortunate, and it is why BusLogic cards can be hard to find. But > they can be ordered from Insight, CDW, MicroWarehouse, etc., and numerous > other places. You might need to ask for MYLEX instead of BusLogic, because > MYLEX bought the company. The model numbers are the same, as far as I know. > > Even the "low-end" BusLogic cards are pretty good. They just lack an onboard > CPU to process SCSI requests. But thanks to BusLogic, the SCSI manager code > was GPL'd and is integrated into the Linux driver. > > Now you know what to do, <g> > > Jeff > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
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