----- Original Message ----- From: "David Douthitt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "LEAF Development" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 8:16 PM Subject: Re: [OT] - Re: [Leaf-devel] Redundant Array of *Inexpensive* Disks (RAID)...
> On 11/30/01 at 5:56 PM, Kenneth Hadley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Depends, I would personaly only use a Hardware RAID card > > such as Adaptec, Promise, or High Point (built into Abit > > motherboards), ATA RAID, > > > Of course you can use software RAID built into most Linux > > distro's but I know of no external arrays for ATA since > > your limited to two devices per channe, and about 4 > > channels per motherboard (on certain brands) and typically > > a Full Tower case can handle 4 to 8 IDE hard disks (with > > the monster 160GB ATA hard disks) > > I guess I was thinking of something else.... > > At work, we've a big cage for SCSI disks, both for our Compaq PCI > servers and another for one of our HP-9000s. I was just thinking of a > case that could hold 10 or 12 with power supply (or supplies). I > suppose if there's to be ONE data cable it's got to be a hardware RAID > solution.... > > Perhaps I just need to pile them up in a big tower case (or two or > three :) - maybe with a big hard drive in addition... > > Of course, a development LEAF box with a 650M hard drive would be > smokin' :) http://www.directron.com/fs2200b.html Enermax FS2200B Computer Server Case Drive Bays: 5.25" x 14, 3.5" x 1, 3.5" x 5 (hidden), 5.25" x 20 (RAID) $399 Never used anything like this, but I would love to fill it with 73GB Ultra160 SCSI drives I use at work on my servers =) > David Douthitt > UNIX Systems Administrator > HP-UX, Unixware, Linux > [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Leaf-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
