On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 03:23:03PM -0700, Alvin Oga wrote: ... > your options for 6 or 8 disks are the promise cards > and/or 3ware ...
Well, unfortunately purchasing is a bit strange around here... That mobo (with HPT-370 controller) is the one we can buy _easily_ -- from the university's techstore. A mobo with promise is a bit more difficult... > has anybody measured the +12V current needed when all > 8 drives start up...at the same time... hummm.... Yes, n+1 PS sound like a good idea for this sort of work. I notice your 1U cases only have one PS. ;) Thanks Dima -- E-mail dmaziuk at bmrb dot wisc dot edu (@work) or at crosswinds dot net (@home) http://www.bmrb.wisc.edu/descript/gpgkey.dmaziuk.ascii -- GnuPG 1.0.4 public key We're sysadmins. Sanity happens to other people. -- Chris King in asr
