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  • #31
    Cool! Has anyone seen a RAID 5 controller than accepts more than 4 disks? (and doen't cost the earth?)

    I was planning on using 5 120GB HDs... but if I can only use four disks per controller, then perhaps going for the WD 250GB drives would be better...
    The Welsh support two teams when it comes to rugby. Wales of course, and anyone else playing England

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    • #32
      Maybe you can do that if you get a SATA RAID 5 controller and SATA drives. I don't think there are many "cheap" PATA controllers that handle more than 4 disks.
      Go Bunny GO!


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      • #33
        I was planning on SATA yeah...
        I fancy using 5x WD 250GBs....
        The Welsh support two teams when it comes to rugby. Wales of course, and anyone else playing England

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        • #34
          What about this? Doesn't do RAID-5, but its not overly expensive.

          Click on the pic for direct link to Newegg site:


          PROMISE PCI to SATA RAID Controller Card, Model "FastTrak S150 TX4" -RETAIL

          Model# FastTrak S150 TX4
          Item # N82E16816102017

          Specifications:
          Ports: 4x Serial ATA/150
          OS Support: Windows 98/Me/NT4/2000/XP, RedHat Linux, SuSE Linux
          Features: RAID Levels RAID 0+1 striping/mirroring; RAID 1 mirroring; RAID 0 striping, JBOD; 32-bit 33/66MHz PCI bus; PCI 2.3 compliant; Up to 266MB/sec (66 MHz PCI); Up to 133MB/sec (33 MHz PCI); Recognizes drive capacities exceeding 137GB each; Bus mastering offloads data I/O handling from host CPU; CRC error-checking of Ultra ATA drives for data reliability during transfers; tagged command queuing, elevator seek and packet chain command for optimized data handling
          Retail Box (see pics for details)

          $119.99 From Newegg...
          Last edited by mmp121; 5 November 2004, 11:57.
          Go Bunny GO!


          Titan:
          MSI NEO2-FISR | Intel P4-3.0C | 1024MB Corsair TWINX1024 3200LLPT RAM | ATI AIW 9700 Pro | Dell P780 @ 1024x768x32 | Turtle Beach Santa Cruz | Sony DRU-500A DVD-R/-RW/+R/+RW | WDC 100GB [C:] | WDC 100GB [D:] | Logitech MX-700

          Mini:
          Shuttle SB51G XPC | Intel P4 2.4Ghz | Matrox G400MAX | 512 MB Crucial DDR333 RAM | CD-RW/DVD-ROM | Seagate 80GB [C:] | Logitech Cordless Elite Duo

          Server:
          Abit BE6-II | Intel PIII 450Mhz | Matrox Millennium II PCI | 256 MB Crucial PC133 RAM | WDC 6GB [C:] | WDC 200GB [E:] | WDC 160GB [F:] | WDC 250GB [G:]

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          • #35
            Cheers! But I do want RAID 5... I'm prepared to compromise on less drives, but not on the RAID. Cheers matey!
            The Welsh support two teams when it comes to rugby. Wales of course, and anyone else playing England

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