[plug] SCSI and Dual CPU's ...

[Gary Mahnkoph]

----- Original Message -----
From: Peter Robinson <ribbo at iinet.net.au>
To: PLUG Mailing List <plug at linux.org.au>
Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 1999 9:14 PM
Subject: Re: [plug] SCSI and Dual CPU's ...


> On Wed, 26 May 1999, Trevor Phillips wrote:
>
> > Hmmm. I'm looking at upgrading soon (aren't I always?? Well, sooner than
> > last time this time!) and I'm still kicking around the idea of a
> > Dual-CPU system. I've sort of resigned myself to the fact I'll get a
> > Slot 1 system...
> >
> > Can anyone reccommend one or more good Dual CPU Slot-1 boards?? Pref.
> > one that can work with one CPU (ie; get one now, upgrade with another
> > the same later...)
> >
> > Another issue is SCSI: I REALLY need to get me a decent SCSI card (the
> > old Adaptec ISA card is, well, old and slow ^_^). Is it worth getting a
> > board with built-in SCSI? (And if so, any reccommendations? Single
> > and/or Dual)
> >
> > Any ideas, anecdotes, etc, would be most appreciated...
>
> I would recommend the ASUS P2B-D or P2B-DS for built in adaptec 2940U2W
> controller
>
> Peter
>
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> Peter Robinson
> ribbo at iinet.net.au
> http://www.iinet.net.au/~ribbo/

Hi

I whole-heartedly second that, having had both a P2B-D, and now a P2B-DS,
since early '98, I have found their performance, stability, and
compatibility beyond reproach.

My current toy has 2 of the 'Covington' Celeron 266 (cacheless) running with
112 MHz rambus (448MHz each), with a 9.1 GB 10kRPM Cheetah HDD connected to
the onboard LVD SCSI bus, regularly averaging over 18.5 MB/sec (yes
MegaBytes!).

This setup rules under Linux (RedHat 6), although the tiny scritch that is
the sound of Netscape loading tends to make the setup seem somewhat
overpowered. The biggest thrash it gets currently is updatedb once a day. :)

One of the other nice features of this board is the onboard CPU and Mobo
Temperature and fan speed monitoring circuitry, although I have yet to see
any nice MotherBoad Monitor style DockApps that utilise these features yet.
Anyone?

Regards

Gary Mahnkoph
Wantree Technical Support
support at wantree.com.au
Ph: (08) 9221 8899 (24 Hrs)

* The box said "Requires Windows 95 or better"; so I installed Linux. *