At one point I had a 128G RAID5 Array of 16G IBM Deskstar's going in a box. We used a
combination of the motherboard channels and Promise Ultra33 Controllers. The setup
worked pretty well until two drives bit the dust at once. We got unlucky, but
switched to a RAID10 array to get more failover so we wouldn't get unlucky again. The
two biggest problems in a setup like this are 1) power 2) cable length. We needed at
least a 350W Power supply to get all the drives to spinup, and many power splitters to
get enough taps. I'd say you'd be better off buying a nice Power SUpply from Enermax
that comes with lots of power taps as a standard feature. Cable Length is also kinda
rough to deal with. We had to build a custom drive bracket for our full tower case to
fit all the drives, and the ribbon cables are a real mess to get to all the drives. A
system like this takes lots of physical planning in addition to logical planning. But
if you're up to the task at hand, I can personally testify that such a setup rocks
::-).
Ross Vandegrift
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On Wed, May 30, 2001 at 07:12:58AM +0000, Edouard Soriano wrote:
> Hello folks,
>
> I would like to set up a new Linux server with 8 IDE high capacity
> drives.
>
> They could both be managed on RAID-5 or direct access.
>
> I got a look at www.lhd.datapower.com and I got several controllers
> but no one claiming to handle more than 4 drives or being able
> to share the bus together with an additional controller.
>
> Is anyone having experience setting up a Linux server with
> more than 4 IDE drives ?
>
> Thanks
>
> Bye
>
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