On 21 Nov 2004 at 7:29, Herb Chong wrote: > i took a different approach, running four 7200RPM SATA in a RAID 5 > configuration. the problem was that four 74GB SATA 10K RPM drives will just > barely hold my current data and they are still very pricey. six drives in a > RAID > 5, the maximum my controller supports, would last me about a year before > requring all of them to be replaced to increase capacity. the 10K SATA drives > i > have are running my OS and my scratch drive, respectively.
I actually took both approaches, RAID 0 on 10k SATA 150 drive in my W/S for pure data speed and good working space and 4 x 7200RMP SATA 150 on a cached RAID 5 controller in my server for bulk storage, all connected via 1Gb LAN and a nice switch. Works a treat, I store my latest work on in both locations until my DVD back-up is verified then I delete the items on my W/S drives. On 21 Nov 2004 at 7:41, Herb Chong wrote: > they seem to require 5.25 drive bays. i don't have many. i have twelve 3.5 > drive bays. Yes, I've got these on my W/S 10k drives only mainly to reduce drive noise transmitted to the chassis, I have enough 5.25" bays in my W/S tower. My server is supporting 6 drives at the moment but I can add another 4 if needed, I have a tornado passing thorough it so I really don't need additional cooling, it is also in a remote location so it doesn't keep the household awake :-) Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
