>I have a G3 MT/333 Server. It has a SCSI HDD and a SCSI card. I'm looking >to buy a large scsi drive to turn it into a file server. I'd use ATA but >then I'd have to buy a drive card like ata100 to match what I think would >be the native scsi cards Ultra 2 throughput of 80m/sec? Any one up on >this?
The "sweet spot" in UW-SCSI drives is about 36 GB. YMMV, of course. I use these, plus I use UATA drives which have been converted to UW-SCSI or LVD/SE-SCSI using ACARD's "SCSI Bridge" solutions. The older ones have a 40 MB/sec internal transfer rate, but the drive interface is UATA/33. The newer ones have a higher internal transfer rate, and a true UATA drive interface. Typically, I boot from the 10K 36 GB drives, and the converted UATA drives have backup boot partitions, plus numerous partitions which are used for CD and DVD mastering. I use that ATTO card which has two independent LVD/SE channels. The external connections are through VHDCI cables, which are expensive. -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
