shwake@raysnec.UUCP (Ray Shwake) (08/14/90)
Anyone have experience with Adaptec's ESDI series? Just received an info pack covering their entire PC line, including the ACB-232x series. How does this compare - cost, performance, compatibility - with, say, the Western Digital WD1007V or other such controllers? I'm especially interested in supporting some flavor of 386/486 UN*X.
art@pilikia.pegasus.com (Art Neilson) (08/17/90)
In article <26@raysnec.UUCP> shwake@raysnec.UUCP (Ray Shwake) writes: > > Anyone have experience with Adaptec's ESDI series? Just received >an info pack covering their entire PC line, including the ACB-232x series. >How does this compare - cost, performance, compatibility - with, say, >the Western Digital WD1007V or other such controllers? I'm especially >interested in supporting some flavor of 386/486 UN*X. I've had an Adaptec 2322B-8 in my machine for around two years now and have had no difficulties with the controller. The 2322 series is on ISC's supported devices list and installs as a standard AT controller thru kconfig. The B-8 version has an 8K cache onboard, which should improve performance although I have no idea how much. I recommend the controller because it is reliable, supported by the OS, and is quite popular with systems integrators. It's a thumbs up from me. -- Arthur W. Neilson III | ARPA: art@pilikia.pegasus.com Bank of Hawaii Tech Support | UUCP: uunet!ucsd!nosc!pegasus!pilikia!art