On Sunday 14 Sep 2003 12:32 am, diego wrote: > El s�b, 13-09-2003 a las 22:45, Anne Wilson escribi�: > > I thought of scsi2, but it's very expensive, so it would have to > > be worth a lot more. I planned a 7200 120GB disk. It would have > > very little on apart from the needs of the job. > > Have you thought about raid? Maybe you can try with that ide drive, > and if too slow get a second one to form a raid 0 (cache speed > would be the same, mantained speed about double). > I've never worked with raid. From what I've read I came to the conclusion that lower levels of raid were not worth bothering with, and higher levels too expensive/complicated. I'm willing to hear that I'm wrong, though.
> If thinking on a fast AMD XP, just have a very close look at the > heatsink+fan as it easily maybe insufficient or be too noisy... That could be very important. I'll make sure I get recommendations from my supplier for efficiency and noise. Before I actually order anything I shall make a composite document with all the recommendations I have had from everyone, so that I take maximum advantage of everyone's experiences. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet?
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