On Feb 26, 2009, at 11:32 AM, Gukumatz wrote: > > 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_Ma > c_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
Hi guku, I did what you're planning to do, but mine was a 350 Mhz B&W and I used an ATA controller card with 4 data drives and 1 boot HD. It was a nightmare of cables, but it worked fine otherwise. I used this setup for 6-8 months before I got a deal on 2 DA's (533 Mhz) and decided to upgrade as the DA has a faster bus and gigabit ethernet built in. At the same time I also upgraded to a 4 port SATA card with 4-300 Gb SATA HD's. At first I ran it with all the drives inside the case, but decided to go with long SATA cables and an external case for the 4 data drives. The next planned upgrade will be to 2-1 Tb drives, but I'm waiting for the price to drop a bit more. BTW, I use ChronoSync 4 to keep the backup drives current HTH . 1st Hack: GA-945GCMX-S2 - E4500 CPU (2.2 Ghz) - 2 Gb RAM - 7200 GS (256 Mb) 2nd Hack: GA-P35-DS3L (V2) - E8400 CPU (3.0 Ghz -45nm) - 4 Gb RAM - 7200 GS (256 Mb) 3rd Hack: MSI Wind Desktop PC - 945GC - Intel Atom 1.6 Ghz CPU - 2 Gb RAM 4th Hack: GA-EP45-UD3P - Q9550 (2.83 Ghz C2 Quad) - 8 Gb RAM - 8400 GS (256 Mb) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
