[CentOS] Adaptec 29320

Tue Feb 6 18:17:38 UTC 2007
Bowie Bailey <Bowie_Bailey at BUC.com>

Joshua Baker-LePain wrote:
> On Tue, 6 Feb 2007 at 11:51am, Bowie Bailey wrote
> 
> > Joshua Baker-LePain wrote:
> > > 
> > > I can't confirm (I've been using LSI SCSI boards for a while now),
> > > but all indications look good.
> > > 
> > > Out of curiosity, what sort of and how many tape drives are in the
> > > library?
> > 
> > This is an HP SureStore DLT Library.  It has 2 drives and 15 tapes.
> > 
> > Hmmm...  The LSI cards are quite a bit cheaper than the Adaptec
> > cards. If they are good, I may go with one of those instead.  The
> > LSI00011-F card looks like it has what I need at about half the
> > price of the Adaptec.  Which cards are you using?
> 
> I've currently got a 21320 and a 22320 in production, but I've used
> the U320 in the past.  The 22320 drives my LTO3 library with 2
> drives, since each drive needed to be on its own channel in order to
> work at full speed. 

Apparently the one I am looking at is the U320 (why can't they just use
a single part number?).  I only need one channel.  The two drives in the
library will be attached to two separate machines.

-- 
Bowie