Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 09:19:31 -0800 From: Samuel Clements <sclements@linkline.com> To: Bryan Cassidy <b_cassidy@bellsouth.net>, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New parts for new PC (need help - little knowledge of hardware) Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.0.20031120091300.036e2008@junior.loungenet.org> In-Reply-To: <20031120062655.060c4d7b.b_cassidy@bellsouth.net> References: <200311190158.hAJ1wNOi000727@mist.nodomain> <20031119035315.61bbe274.b_cassidy@bellsouth.net> <xzp1xs3mlyn.fsf@dwp.des.no> <20031120062655.060c4d7b.b_cassidy@bellsouth.net>
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There are some really good RAID Primers you can read up on, like this one=20 from Intel: http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/raid_info.htm or this one from LSI: http://www.lsilogic.com/products/stor_prod/raid/backgrounder1.html or this one from Adaptec: http://graphics.adaptec.com/pdfs/ACSP_RAID_Ch4.pdf My $.02 worth is the Intel and Adaptec SCSI RAID controllers seem to work=20 really well for us, but I don't have much experience in the IDE RAID realm= =20 yet with the exception of the Adaptec/Intel SATA RAID built into the ICH5R= =20 on the new S875WP1 server board that isn't yet supported under FreeBSD=20 (might want to stay away from that one for now)... Probably something from= =20 Promise will suit you fine. At the low end, if it works, theres not going=20 to be a lot of difference among controllers. -Sam At 04:26 AM 11/20/2003, Bryan Cassidy wrote: >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > >I've got EVERYTHING picked out BUT the harddrive and controller card for >the hard drive. Do you have any recommendations (seagate model #????) on >the hard drive and/or controller card for a IDE HD? I'm kinda confused. >I see people talking about RAID but not really sure what it is and what >it does? Maybe you could explain a little to me? > >On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 10:24:32 +0100 >des@des.no (Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav) wrote: > > > Bryan Cassidy <b_cassidy@bellsouth.net> writes: > > > Hard drive: > > > SEAGATE SCSI 36.0GB 10000RPM, MODEL# ST336607LW -X10 > > > > Don't bother with SCSI. It's definitely faster than IDE, but it's not > > worth the price for a desktop system. You'll probably be a lot > > happier running a RAID0 over two 120GB IDE drives (provided your > > motherboard has a RAID BIOS, or you buy a dual-channel PCI RAID > > adapter such as the Promise TX2000) > > > > DES > > -- > > Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) > >iD8DBQE/vLMPjnOL7dYm/EQRApPIAKDuo08pkX7HPALsS6Pt7eYnEq2B8gCg7nHS >xFAU1quhwz1SpSAWO7cN9As=3D >=3Djnnu >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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