U2W SCSI.... 80pin or 68pin???

[Ph00]

I am looking for an U2W SCSI drive and and adaptec controller.... but all the drives i find are 80 pin and all the controllers i find are 68 pin... whats the deal? whats a good reccomendation..

thanks

 

[Dameon]

80 "pin" is really an adapted 68 pin drive usually. 80 pin SCA is a single connector that works more like a nintendo cartridge or Slot 1 processor. That way there are no pins to bend. Mostly, SCA drives are pulled from servers. Servers have a need to be able to hot-swap and quickly replace dead hard drives. So often they are in SCA format to allow easy connectivity and removal. You can get 68pin to SCA adapters on eb@y I know... hopefully this helps.

 

[obenton]

You can get an adapter for about $30 at http://www.cablemakers.com/

 

[cparker]

go to egghead auctions "mass storage". they have adapters with termination for around 20 bucks including shipping. without termination its a few bucks less. I just got one with termination and it's nice, has a little pc board as a terminator. I have several 80 pin scsi drives with the 68 pin adapters and they work fine, although one came with an adapter that was bad. Luckilly I had one of the ones I picked up from egghead a while back and it worked fine. Usually the SCA 80 pin drives are cheaper than the 68 pin ones, so you have to factor in the 20 bucks or so for the adapter. also, all other things being equal better to get a 68 pin drive as it's one less thing to worry about, but the 80 pinners do work