Well I have up at 1.1TB/11Disk now and I am _NOT_ stopping. And the reliability should not be a problem because it is not a disaster if disk goes down. The thing is that all money comes from my pocket and my pocket only so I need to keep it cheep ;) Thanks for the advice I will mail Promise to hear what they got to offer. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Barrington" <rich_b_nz@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 3:11 PM Subject: Re: What to choose Att: Richard B > So what you REALLY want is a lot(!) of ATA disks that can be connected > somehow to a Linux box? :-) > > If you're sure you want to use ATA cards, I'd suggest getting hold of > Promise or HighPoint and first send an email to their respective support > addresses and ask if there are any issues with using that many cards. > I'd wonder about IRQs and if all the BIOS will conflict or not? > > My big concern would be reliabilty - It would be worth looking at > products specifically designed to handle lots of disks. How many do you > plan for? 6 cards * 2 channels/card * 2 drives/channel = 24 disks... > (with 100GB+ disks is a lot of storage) For that scale, SCSI to ATA-RAID > systems like Promise UltraTrak are not a bad idea... and if it's just a > dumb fileserver, some form of NAS might be a lot easier. > > Anyway, have a look on www.promise.com, as well as www.3ware.com and > www.highpoint-tech.com for their "big" cards / systems. > > > On Thu, 2002-10-24 at 00:48, Ola Fransson wrote: > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Richard Barrington" <rich_b_nz@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: <ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 3:21 AM > > Subject: Re: What to choose > > > > > If you want more info, can you post your intended purpose / setup to the > > > list? Eg, why 6 controllers? > > Will do :D > > I it is going to be a file server and im not in need of the ATA RAID only > > the ATA controller > > > > So what I want is a lot of ATA controllers that works together in linux, im > > not in need of any speed (more then ata66 anyway). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ataraid-list > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ataraid-list >
