"Stanley, Jeremy" wrote:
>
> I apologize in advance if this is a WAY off-topic tangent, but...
> LVD-HVD bridge? What controllers have this feature? Or at least what
> controllers support an HVD channel and an LVD channel simultaneously?
> I'm using an HVD-capable NCR (Symbios Logic) at present and assumed I'd
> have to free up a PCI slot or get a motherboard with more than
> 2ISA/5PCI/1AGP which are hard to come by cheaply. My SW array is HVD
> and the DDS3 I'm trying to install is most definitely NOT. Any
> suggestions?
>
You probably confused LVD and HVD. LVD is newer, more expensive and is
commonly called U2-SCSI. HVD is the 'old' way of doing things.
Also, my reply was not correct insofar as i didn't mean HVD really, but
normal (i.e. not-differential) instead.
As of your question: I don't know. Maybe Adaptec has them.
More-than-one-channel adapters too, if separate LVD devices from non-LVD
devices with the two channels. Separate bridges are rather expensive,
around 150$, I think, so don't go for them unless integrated on the
adapter itself.
I have always used Symbios Logic SCSI adapters and have never had any
problems. They are also very good performance-wise, judging from the
last c't magazine test. They are much cheaper than Adaptec, so you can
safely buy two separate controllers, if you have PCI slots left.
Adaptec controllers are also said to have the most problems with linux,
although that might be only for the fact that they are the most
widely-used ones, too.
Marc
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