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Cheapest PCI Host Adapter to Dell 160/320 GB PowerVault 110T SDLT
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| Stuart 2004-08-30, 5:45 pm |
| Hi
I need to connect a Dell poweredge SDLT LVD drive (pretty sure its
just branded) to my home network - problem is, none of the home PC's
have a PCI-X bus, so the Adaptec 39160 I borrowed isn't going to work
....
e.g. will the Adaptec 29160 (Ultra 160) work? Is there anything
cheaper than this?
(Note that performance and throughput are not a consideration - this
is a one-off exercise)
Regards, thanks
Stuart
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| Bruce Morgen 2004-08-30, 5:45 pm |
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If simply getting the data
from the drive is all you
need to do, any Wide SCSI
PCI card will do the trick
-- LVD drives will
"downshift" to a slower SE
transceiver transparently
as long as the bus is
properly connected and
terminated. Non-LVD Wide
SCSI cards are very cheap
on the used and surplus
markets, typically around
$12 on eBay.
nonnb@webmail.co.za (Stuart) wrote:
>Hi
>
>I need to connect a Dell poweredge SDLT LVD drive (pretty sure its
>just branded) to my home network - problem is, none of the home PC's
>have a PCI-X bus, so the Adaptec 39160 I borrowed isn't going to work
>...
>
>e.g. will the Adaptec 29160 (Ultra 160) work? Is there anything
>cheaper than this?
>
>(Note that performance and throughput are not a consideration - this
>is a one-off exercise)
>
>Regards, thanks
>
>Stuart
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| Jesper Monsted 2004-09-02, 5:50 pm |
| nonnb@webmail.co.za (Stuart) wrote in news:66f26287.0408301145.4bc28108
@posting.google.com:
> I need to connect a Dell poweredge SDLT LVD drive (pretty sure its
> just branded) to my home network - problem is, none of the home PC's
> have a PCI-X bus, so the Adaptec 39160 I borrowed isn't going to work
> ...
Yes, it will, PCIX is backwards compatible and the cards will work in any
pci slot. I have several PCI-X Emulex cards running in 33mhz/32bit pci
slots.
> e.g. will the Adaptec 29160 (Ultra 160) work? Is there anything
> cheaper than this?
See Bruce's reply.
--
/Jesper Monsted
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| Folkert Rienstra 2004-09-02, 5:50 pm |
| "Jesper Monsted" <newsspam@rootweiler.dk.invalid> wrote in message news:Xns9556561C392E5newsspamrootweilerd
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> nonnb@webmail.co.za (Stuart) wrote in news:66f26287.0408301145.4bc28108@posting.google.com:
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> Yes, it will, PCI-X is backwards compatible
To a certain degree.
> and the cards will work in any pci slot.
> I have several PCI-X Emulex cards running in 33mhz/32bit pci slots.
The 39160 isn't even PCI-X.
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> See Bruce's reply.
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