[ale] Adaptec 2930U vs 2940U for HP DAT24i

[jeff hubbs]

linux-clusters at mindspring.com wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 09:40:41PM -0500, Gary MacKay wrote:
> 
>>>From what I can read in the spec's, the Adaptec 2930U card should handle
>>the HP DAT24i just fine right? They are only about $80 instead of over
>>$200 for the 2940U. 
>>
> 
> Why use something as expensive as an Adaptec controller anyway?
> If you are just going to hang a tape drive off this second controller
> why not use something as simple and inexpensive as a Symbios 53C810
> card? I have seen them for ~ $30
> 

I was kind of wondering the same thing.  If this were a DLT drive, I 
might not use an 810.  You can get them both with and without 
boot-time-configurable BIOSses IIRC.  My file server has one in it for 
running a Travan drive; works great.


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