On 7/19/05, Matthias Scheler <tron@zhadum.de> wrote:
> In article <1121786083.42dd18e3ba583@mail.iinet.net.au>,
>         jamesb.au@iinet.net.au writes:
> > It seems that the AHA-2940 UW SCSI adapter has had problems
> > in the past.
>=20
> I had an AHA-2940UW and AHA-3940UW (Dual Channel AHA-2940UW) and they alw=
ays
> worked fine for me with disks, CD-ROM and tape drives. What problems are
> you talking about?
>=20
> > I have one of these cards and a Maxtor Atlas 10k RPM Ultra320
> > SCSI disk
>=20
> The AHA-2940UW is too slow for that disk. You'll need at least an
> AHA-2940U2W (if the disk is the only device on that SCSI channel)
> to get the full performance.

My own recommendation would be a Qlogic 1080, but they are not really
sold anymore. Nice cards, cheap on Ebay.

Andy