On 8 Dec 1999, Arcady Genkin wrote: a.genk >Gary, thanks a lot for your reply. I'd like to seek another advice a.genk >then. For what I'll be using the card, a simple SCSI2 card would a.genk >suffice just fine (I'll have 3 devices on it: CD-R, CDROM, and a a.genk >scanner).
I believe the 2940UW (or any ultra wide card for that matter) would have an faster onboard processor(i think the 2940uw has a 40mhz risc chip on it) would provide better throughput and less cpu % during i/o transactions. nice to be able to burn cds with load ~5-6 and not get buffer underruns(never had abuffer underrun in linux btw) a.genk >If chosing *only* from the point of view of compatibility and a.genk >stability, shoudl I get the 2940UW or 2940U? Would it matter at all? 2940UW for sure, the UW spec is becomming obsolete fast, and the U spec is really obsolete(20mb/s) the 2940UW has no problem running some ultra 2 drives as well, I've tried IBM and quantum myself. I hear that seagate Ultra 2's dont work well/at all on an ultra wide controller. a.genk >I figured 2940UW, because it seems that the card is newer, and I a.genk >thought that it would be better. or you could seek out an ultra 2 controller.. Ultra 3 scsi is not really effective until we get a faster PCI bus (PCI = 133MB/s Ultra 3 = 160MB/s) not to mention its sooo $$. If i were buying a scsi card now I'd get an ultra 2. but i'd get an 2940UW over a 2940U any day. nate ----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- Vice President Network Operations http://www.firetrail.com/ Firetrail Internet Services Limited http://www.aphroland.org/ Everett, WA 425-348-7336 http://www.linuxpowered.net/ Powered By: http://comedy.aphroland.org/ Debian 2.1 Linux 2.0.36 SMP http://yahoo.aphroland.org/ -----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- 8:47am up 110 days, 20:31, 2 users, load average: 1.33, 1.46, 1.51
