[Pc_Support] Re: 68-pin SCSI card for Linux box .... -- Ultra160 card, voltage note ...

[Bryan J. Smith]

On Tue, 2006-06-27 at 11:04 -0400, Bryan J. Smith wrote:
>   ...  
> The 53c895 (as well as dual-channel 53c896) is Ultra80.  I bought some
> Symbios Logic 53c895 32-bit PCI cards for $10 a couple months back --
> and they work well!  Let me see here ... yep, they still got them too -
> brand new, _not_ pulls, although OEM/non-boxed:  
>   http://www.etech4sale.com/products/partinfo-id-143694.html  

Again, that will do fine for LTO-1.  But I still recommend you do _not_
put your storage on the same PCI bus as it will saturate it.

>   ...  
> The Symbios Logic 53c1010 is a dual-channel Ultra160 and are typically a
> bit more, plus you do _not_ want to put them in a standard 32-bit PCI
> slot (bottleneck).  It was renamed by LSI Logic as the 21040.  There are
> also newer LSI Logic models as well, like the 20160, 22160, etc...
> Froogle has some outstanding deals listed for $50+ on Ultra160 and
> Ultra320 cards:  
>   http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=LSI+Ultra160&scoring=p  
>   http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=LSI+Ultra320&scoring=p  

These guys had stock on new, OEM LSIU160 (53c1010) for $49.90 (and not
an eBay seller):  
  http://hoct12.stores.yahoo.net/1048.html

It's a nice, universal 3.3V/5V 64-bit PCI card which means you can put
it in PCI-X slots as well.

> Note they'll almost _always_ be 64-bit PCI or PCI-X for Ultra160/320.

Remember, PCI-X is only 3.3V.  It won't take 5V cards.  PCI-X slots are
basically the same as a 64-bit PCI, 3.3V-only card:  
http://thebs413.blogspot.com/2005/11/agp-agp-pro-pci-and-pci-x-voltage.html


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