"Brian J. Stults" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I want to by a SCSI drive and controller for one of my older computers > so it can act as an ftp server. My understanding is that a slower > computer can act as a decent server if you use SCSI since it doesn't > require much from the processor. Is that right? Also, are there any > minimum requirements? The computer is a Gateway P166 with 32MB of EDO > ram. It will boot from an IDE drive, but the files that will be > available from the server will all be on the SCSI drive. Sorry this > isn't entirely Debian-related, but I use Debian and I want to install > Debian on this computer, too. I'm thinking of buying a 9.1GB IBM > Ultrastar 18ES and an Adaptec 2940U2W U2W/S host adapter. Thanks in > advance for any input.
I can't comment on the resources required, but I can say that I'd seriously consider some of the other SCSI controllers out there. Don't get me wrong, I have a 2940UW and haven't had any problems with it, but Adaptec charges a premium for their products and have, in the past, been slow to embrace Linux. Do a search for the topic of SCSI controllers via http://www.deja.com and look at what folks have to say. I've seen a lot of good things said about the other SCSI controllers that are a lot less expensive than Adaptec. Good Luck, Gary
