going the U2W way - OnBoard or separate ?

[Albert Max Lai]

On Tue, 16 Mar 1999, Ronald van Loon wrote:

> - Should I go the U2W/LVD route ? 
> - If so, should I get an motherboard-integrated controller, such as the
>   U2W one on the ASUS P2B-S, for example, or go for a separate kit ?

I have a friend that had good luck the the ASUS P2B-LS. We installed it
and got it up and running in one shot. (He's not running Linux yet, but
probably will be in the next week or so.)

>   I could imagine that an integrated solution would be faster, as data
>   doesn't need to travel the PCI-bus.

It still goes through the PCI bus, but it doesn't take up a slot.

> Also, what U2W disks go best with this ? I figure that 9.1 Gb should be
> plenty.

The IBM 9LZX and the new Cheetah's are supposed to be pretty good.
Storage Review <http://www.storagereview.com/> has a review of the various
disks on theri web site.

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