Re: IDE controller card recommendation

2005-10-28 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Tue, Oct 04, 2005 at 01:37:02PM -0400, Erik Karlin wrote: > On Tue, Oct 04, 2005 at 12:25:06PM -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > Quoting Josh Battles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > >Roberto C. Sanchez said: > > >> > > >>I would like to use inexpensive cards (~$15-$30) since I will be setting

Re: IDE controller card recommendation

2005-10-05 Thread Cameron L. Spitzer
[This message has also been posted to linux.debian.user.] In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: >I have a > stack of old IDE hard drives that I want to use in a RAID configuration. The > server's case has plenty of room for drives and a number of PCI expansion > slots. I w

Re: IDE controller card recommendation

2005-10-05 Thread Alexey Lobanov
Hello all. On 05/10/05 12:12, Mariusz Kruk wrote: > Roberto C. Sanchez napisał(a): > >> Does that mean that if I plug in the two cards I cannot use the four new >> channels in addition to the two onboard channels? Is there any way >> around >> that? > As far as I see in /usr/src/whatever/Docum

Re: IDE controller card recommendation

2005-10-05 Thread Mariusz Kruk
Roberto C. Sanchez napisał(a): I'm not going to answer about the right controller (dont have RAID experience) but IIRC can you can only have four IDE controllers in one system (Primary, Secondary, Tertiary & Quartinary) so your total will be 8 drives including the CD-ROM? Only if they are seen

Re: Keeping a closet cool (was Re: IDE controller card recommendation)

2005-10-04 Thread Josh Battles
Ron Johnson said: > On Tue, 4 Oct 2005 15:19:32 -0500 (CDT) > "Josh Battles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> TreeBoy said: >> > On Tuesday 04 Oct 2005 19:39, Josh Battles wrote: > [snip] >> >> LOL, It added less than $10/monthly onto my bill. >> >> Suprisingly, noise isn't too bad. The cable inter

Keeping a closet cool (was Re: IDE controller card recommendation)

2005-10-04 Thread Ron Johnson
On Tue, 4 Oct 2005 15:19:32 -0500 (CDT) "Josh Battles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > TreeBoy said: > > On Tuesday 04 Oct 2005 19:39, Josh Battles wrote: [snip] > > LOL, It added less than $10/monthly onto my bill. > > Suprisingly, noise isn't too bad. The cable internet line comes > into my cond

Re: IDE controller card recommendation

2005-10-04 Thread Josh Battles
TreeBoy said: > On Tuesday 04 Oct 2005 19:39, Josh Battles wrote: >> >> Well, I'm not actually running them in a RAID array >> >> I used the cards as regular IDE drive controller cards. I got my grubby >> little hands on a box of 40GB harddrives for free so I kept 10 of them for >> myself and

Re: IDE controller card recommendation

2005-10-04 Thread TreeBoy
On Tuesday 04 Oct 2005 19:39, Josh Battles wrote: > > Well, I'm not actually running them in a RAID array > > I used the cards as regular IDE drive controller cards. I got my grubby > little hands on a box of 40GB harddrives for free so I kept 10 of them for > myself and donated the rest to so

Re: IDE controller card recommendation

2005-10-04 Thread Josh Battles
Roberto C. Sanchez said: > Quoting Josh Battles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> Roberto C. Sanchez said: >>> >>> I would like to use inexpensive cards (~$15-$30) since I will be setting >>> up >>> software RAID and this is an older server with older drives. I have >>> experience >>> with certain Promise

Re: IDE controller card recommendation

2005-10-04 Thread Erik Karlin
On Tue, Oct 04, 2005 at 12:25:06PM -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > Quoting Josh Battles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > >Roberto C. Sanchez said: > >> > >>I would like to use inexpensive cards (~$15-$30) since I will be setting > >>up > >>software RAID and this is an older server with older drives.

Re: IDE controller card recommendation

2005-10-04 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya roberto On Tue, 4 Oct 2005, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > I don't recall specifically (it has been over 2 years now). I remember > that it > was a PDC202XX, and it was an on-board deal (Gigabyte motherboard). It was > quite flaky. It eventually failed and nuked the two drives connected t

Re: IDE controller card recommendation

2005-10-04 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
Quoting Mariusz Kruk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Fred napisał(a): I'm not going to answer about the right controller (dont have RAID experience) but IIRC can you can only have four IDE controllers in one system (Primary, Secondary, Tertiary & Quartinary) so your total will be 8 drives including the CD

Re: IDE controller card recommendation

2005-10-04 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
Quoting Josh Battles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Roberto C. Sanchez said: I would like to use inexpensive cards (~$15-$30) since I will be setting up software RAID and this is an older server with older drives. I have experience with certain Promise cards under Linux (and I am not happy with that ex

Re: IDE controller card recommendation

2005-10-04 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
Quoting Alvin Oga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Tue, 4 Oct 2005, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: I am setting up a machine to act as an LTSP server for my church. I have a stack of old IDE hard drives that I want to use in a RAID configuration. The server's case has plenty of room for drives and a nu

Re: IDE controller card recommendation

2005-10-04 Thread Mariusz Kruk
Fred napisał(a): I'm not going to answer about the right controller (dont have RAID experience) but IIRC can you can only have four IDE controllers in one system (Primary, Secondary, Tertiary & Quartinary) so your total will be 8 drives including the CD-ROM? Only if they are seen as IDE contr

Re: IDE controller card recommendation

2005-10-04 Thread Fred
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: I am setting up a machine to act as an LTSP server for my church. I have a stack of old IDE hard drives that I want to use in a RAID configuration. The server's case has plenty of room for drives and a number of PCI expansion slots. I would like to get two PCI IDE co

Re: IDE controller card recommendation

2005-10-04 Thread Josh Battles
Roberto C. Sanchez said: > > I would like to use inexpensive cards (~$15-$30) since I will be setting up > software RAID and this is an older server with older drives. I have > experience > with certain Promise cards under Linux (and I am not happy with that > experience).Personally, I am just

Re: IDE controller card recommendation

2005-10-04 Thread Alvin Oga
On Tue, 4 Oct 2005, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > I am setting up a machine to act as an LTSP server for my church. I have a > stack of old IDE hard drives that I want to use in a RAID configuration. The > server's case has plenty of room for drives and a number of PCI expansion > slots. I would

IDE controller card recommendation

2005-10-04 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
I am setting up a machine to act as an LTSP server for my church. I have a stack of old IDE hard drives that I want to use in a RAID configuration. The server's case has plenty of room for drives and a number of PCI expansion slots. I would like to get two PCI IDE controller cards to connect all