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| ATTO Announces 2GigaBit Fibre Channel Controller: |
| ATTO has announced the ExpressPCI FC 3300, a 2 Gigabit/sec 64-bit PCI form factor card providing up to 400 MB/second throughput in full-duplex mode they say. Fibre channel never had the mass-market appeal (or availiability and drive support) that more popular interfaces like SCSI and IDE have enjoyed.
Speaking of 64bit controllers, I tested the Adaptec 39160 1.02 firmware update noted earlier today with my G4/500 and Atlas 10K series 1 drive. There was no real performance difference from the 1.01 firmware, but the series 1 Atlas 10K drive is clearly a bottleneck. Write speeds are still lower than I would expect, even considering that drive series. For more on this issue see the previously posted 39160 performance page. (I'm awaiting test results from Rod Paine of ASTEC, a Mac VAR specializing in RAID to see what benefit (if any) the update has for faster RAID arrays. Rod's previous tests are among those on the 39160 performance page here.)
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| Adaptec 1.02 Firmware Update for 39160 SCSI Card: |
| Although it's not listed at Adaptec's 39160 product page yet, their FTP site has a 1.02 updater for the 39160. You should use the PowerDomain 6.1.1 control panel with this update (also at their FTP site). The readme notes this fixes issues with multiple 39160s in B&W G3 and later Macs, but warns that installing more than one 39160 in a Beige G3 will cause the system not to boot. I hope the update may also addresse the lower than expected write performance noted in the 39160 performance page here earlier this year.
Direct download links:
I welcome comments on this update (performance tests before/after, etc.). Please include your system and hard drive details in reports. Thanks!
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| Drive Compatibility Database Updates: |
| The Drive Compatibility searchable database had 10 new entries posted this morning (current total 1937). (Note - I welcome OS X reports in the database from users of non-Apple CD/DVD/CDRW/Firewire drives - select OS X on the entry form)
Combo DVD ROM/CDRW Drives:
- IDE Toshiba SD-R1002 in G4/AGP
CDRW Drives:
- Firewire Que! 12/10/32 with B&W G3
- Firewire Que! 12/10/32 with G4/AGP
- SCSI Ricoh 7060 External (6x4x24) w/PowerCenter Pro
Removable Media Drives:
- SCSI Fujitsu M2513A 640MB w/7300
Hard Drives:
- IDE IBM Travelstar 20GN (DJSA-210000) 10GB in PB 5300
(listed under PowerBook Other Models)
- IBM 75GXP 30GB in B&W G3
- IBM 75GXP 30GB in G4/AGP
- Maxtor DiamondMax 60GB in 6500/250
- Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 30GB in Umas S900 w/PCI IDE card
You can find these full reports by searching the database with the drive/brand/mac models listed above selected (the latest reports are shown first in searches).
If you've added a IDE, SCSI, Firewire or USB hard drive, CDRW, tape drive, etc. make sure you add a report to the database.
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