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- Jan 19, 2003
- Location
- Ottawa, Ontario
I'll admit right off the bat I've got very limited experience in SCSI.
I've tinkered with an old UW2 SCSI System in my current server cluster, but nothing more than hooking up cables and setting ID jumpers.
To go with my new server, I've managed to acquire a set of 7 SCSI HDD's:
-> 6x 18.2 GB IBM UltraStar 36LP's
-> 1x 9.1 GB IBM UltraStar 36 LP's.
They are 68-pin, LVD, U160 devices and cabling is included.
Problem is... I don't have a controller card to use these drives with. The system these drives will be placed into has the ability to use PCI-66/64-bit cards (Tyan Tiger MPX).
I'd require the card to be able to have Hardware RAID-0, RAID-1 and RAID-5 and support for U160, LVD devices. Things like a caching RAID controller and U320 support would be nice, but not absolutely necessary.
I'd want to setup the drives in the following manner:
9.1 GB for OS/Apps
6x 18.2 GB for RAID-5 data storage.
My question is: Who makes a relatively well-performing PCI-66 SCSI HBA that will do everything I need? 3Ware? LSI? Adaptec? Which one would be the best choice for my application.
Many thanks to all those who contribute
I've tinkered with an old UW2 SCSI System in my current server cluster, but nothing more than hooking up cables and setting ID jumpers.
To go with my new server, I've managed to acquire a set of 7 SCSI HDD's:
-> 6x 18.2 GB IBM UltraStar 36LP's
-> 1x 9.1 GB IBM UltraStar 36 LP's.
They are 68-pin, LVD, U160 devices and cabling is included.
Problem is... I don't have a controller card to use these drives with. The system these drives will be placed into has the ability to use PCI-66/64-bit cards (Tyan Tiger MPX).
I'd require the card to be able to have Hardware RAID-0, RAID-1 and RAID-5 and support for U160, LVD devices. Things like a caching RAID controller and U320 support would be nice, but not absolutely necessary.
I'd want to setup the drives in the following manner:
9.1 GB for OS/Apps
6x 18.2 GB for RAID-5 data storage.
My question is: Who makes a relatively well-performing PCI-66 SCSI HBA that will do everything I need? 3Ware? LSI? Adaptec? Which one would be the best choice for my application.
Many thanks to all those who contribute