Hi listers, I've decided to (attempt to) convert my rarely used G3 400mhz into a media file server (music and video) as I've not been at all impressed with the NAS boxes I've tried/researched, but I could do with a little help.
The intention is to upgrade it to gigabit ethernet and also use a sata card for controlling 4 hd's arranged as a Raid 1+0 array using 10.3 server os. I intend using an existing IDE hd as the boot volume and dedicate the sata drives to storage, bypassing the need to upgrade the ATA controller with its drive size limits. I have 2 'U' brackets to use so that I can fit the 4 sata hds required for the array. I have 3 immediate issues I would like help with:- 1. Will 400mhz be enough for my intended purpose or do I need to upgrade the cpu. 2. Could I make do with the original psu and use molex-sata power adapters to power the sata hds or should I replace the psu with one that has more grunt and sata power built in? 3. I'm having problems finding a decent SATA card with 4 connectors, the only one I've found so far is this> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SATA-Raid-PCI-Card-with-4x-Internal-Ports-for-PowerMac_W0QQitemZ270344385311QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Computing_Apple_Mac_Accessories?hash=item270344385311&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1690|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318 Apologies for the long link, tinyurl won't provide a working shortened version, the item no. on eBay UK is 270344385311. Does anyone have any experience of these cards and are they any good? Many thanks guku :-D --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
