On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 01:35:21PM -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > I need to add USB to my HP NetServer LPr. > > Do they all "just work" now? > > I'm looking at either the Belkin F5U220v1 5-port (4+1) which I think has > an NEC chipset, or one of the Startech's: > > PCI625USB21 6-port (4+2) with nvidia chipset > > PCI330USB2 4-port (3+1) with NEC D7201026c chipset > > PCI 220USB 3-port (2+1) with VIA VT6202 chipset. > > in sort of this order of preference.
We bought some cheapo USB PCI controllers. Normally they would be VIA and I can't recall any problem we had. And at work we stress the USB controller well. At one time we had some problems with (on-board) nVidia) USB controllers. Though those would be of the sort of things you normally wouldn't care about (those controllers tend to have a much larger jitter than others. But their "large" jitter is of the order of magnitude of 1ms). > > Any suggestions? Things to avoid? > > I don't need the internal ports since this is a 2U server with no front > bays (2 hot-swap scsi, a floppy, a slim CD). And this is PCI (rather than PCI-express), right? PCI USB controllers are cheap. PCI-express ones cost a bit more. -- Tzafrir Cohen | tzaf...@jabber.org | VIM is http://tzafrir.org.il | | a Mutt's tzaf...@cohens.org.il | | best ICQ# 16849754 | | friend -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
