Any disadvantage to using 80 to 68 adapter?

[mee987]

My question is simple, is there any disadvantage to buying an 80-pin u160 drive and using an 80-to-68 adapter as opposed to buying a 68-pin u160 drive?

Drive would be used on an adaptec 29160.

 

[dannybin1742]

i've been wondering the same thing too, so i put a 80pin drive in my parent computer with the adapter and same card i have and ran sandra and there is no noticeable difference (different motheroboards could account for the few points difference), so i say go for it.

 

[SCSIRAID]

The only probably worth mentioning is that it takes up more space and could get in the way. It also must be LVD capable for proper operation.

 

[arcas]

I agree SCSIRAID. Make sure you have physical room for the adapter before you buy one. Turned out to be about 1/2-inch too long for one of my machines at the office. For some wack reason IBM engineers decided to make the drive cage on the Intellistation mount sideways instead of lengthwise... :-/

 

[mee987]

excellent. thanks for the info

 

[PlatinumGold]

ya, i'm using those adapters now. i have two 80 pin SCSI hds connected to my Gateway 6400 server, only problem w/ the adapters is if i close the case wrong, it pushes on the ribbon cable dislodging the adapter from the HD. that really sux. other than that i dont' know of any.

 

[Vegito]

80 pin scsi are usually for backplane systems with room for like 10 drives. Each slot has an preset ID and you just plug in and go... so it's easier.. instead of setting ids on the drive, you set it on the backplane...

if you use backplane, it's easier, if not, it's just the same..