On Sep 18, 2009, at 2:41 PM, John Niven wrote:
> > On the other hand a pair of raid striped U160 SCSI drives attached > to an ATTO UL3D 64bit PCI card could max out at 264MBytes/s and > could be spinning at 15Krpm! And they'll have the added benefit of substituting for a space heater. Huh? Oh... I SAID THEY'LL HAVE THE ADDED BENEFIT OF SUBSTITUTING FOR A SPACE HEATER! I've worked for long periods in close proximity to a bunch of 15K SCSI drives, and have tinnitus to remember 'em by. :-/ though to be fair, the turbofan-like whine of the cooling fans may have added to the problem, too. Our 'server room/office' used to be about 15'x20' with desks for four people and a bunch of servers and three big raid boxes crammed in there...it was always very hot and noisy, and the fileservers+raid boxes sat on a table right behind me. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
