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Henry Rollins II
12-23-02, 08:44 AM
I know this should be in the storage forum, but since it only applies to those with dualie Im posting it here.

I have decided to go with SCSI Ultra160, I´m replaing my IDE discs. Now at first you may think that this would be really really expensive, but this is what I paid:

64bit/66mhz LSI logic dual channel ultra160 controller: $75
73 Gb 10.000 rpm 68p quantum or maxtor drive: $150
18 Gb 10.000 rpm 68p IBM: $50

The controller card supports _30_ harddrives and has a max transfer speed of 528 Mb/s if used in a 64-bit PCI slot.
FunkDaMonkMan
12-23-02, 12:09 PM
That's kewl....


But what's ur question?
The Spyder
12-23-02, 12:30 PM
he dosent have one........ just stating that he got a great deal on some good scsi hardware...... now if he asked what times he would have compaired to ide..... thats a question.......
heezer7
12-23-02, 01:05 PM
sounds like he has good bragging rights. i would take it.
Henry Rollins II
12-23-02, 09:12 PM
Links:

SCSI card:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2082754442

Hdd´s:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2083023683

SCSI for everyone!
Henry Rollins II
12-23-02, 09:22 PM
Originally posted by The Spyder
now if he asked what times he would have compaired to ide..... thats a question.......

So maybe you can answer it then? :D
cmcquistion
12-24-02, 09:53 AM
Here's some competition from the other side of the fence.

HighPoint RocketRaid133 $74 (this is a 66 MHz capable card)
2 * 40 GB IBM 120 GXP hard drives $164 ($82 each)

Grand Total $238 and 100 MB/s sustained transfer speed.

(The IBM 120 GXP is the fastest IDE drive on the market for RAID 0, except maybe the new 180 GXP drives)
FunkDaMonkMan
12-24-02, 11:05 AM
oh sry... i was confused.

I thought the title was asking a question, but then his post never did.

Congrats on the SCSI. I wish I had the dinero.
lonewolf1983
12-24-02, 09:00 PM
very nice, and IDE and SCSI really cant be compared
SCSI = lots of low latency high speed
IDE = lots of high sustained transfer and cheap storage.

Great pickup, im going to be setting up my 18gb boot drive on an Adaptec raid card with 32mb cache...mmm :D
Henry Rollins II
12-24-02, 10:58 PM
Originally posted by cmcquistion
Here's some competition from the other side of the fence.

HighPoint RocketRaid133 $74 (this is a 66 MHz capable card)
2 * 40 GB IBM 120 GXP hard drives $164 ($82 each)

Grand Total $238 and 100 MB/s sustained transfer speed.



LSI Ultra 160 64/66 $75
QUantum 10k rpm 73Gb $150

Grand total $225 and <5ms seek time, 160 Mb/s an 10x the MTBF