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Can someone explain how to set up a SCSI 10,000 RPM hard drive in a normal desktop. I'm i need of a fast hard drive
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kdrifter440 said:
Make sure it is connected to the SCSI card in your computer. Turn on the PC with your OS in the CD-ROM. When you start the installation of XP you will see a message at the bottom of the screen that says press F6 to install additional drivers. Press F6 insert your Floppy disk with the SCSI drivers on it. Windows will continue to load then when prompted to pick a drive choose the SCSI drive to install windows on.
If you are just adding a drive to your system again make sure your SCSI card is installed and your HDD hooked up start your PC. When prompted load your drivers for the new hardware found. restart the PC. On next restart it will find the new HDD. It may ask you to restart again. After windows loaded go to control panel, computer management and then right click on the New Hard drive pick what type of drive you want it to be and then format it. When it is finished formating You are finished with the install.
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you should notice a difference. Load times will not be faster into windows, but things will feel snappier
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Do you have all of the materials already setup (hardware wise)? Another option would be to run two Sata hard drives in Raid0. That would likely be cheaper. What is the budget?
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or you can get a WD raptor if you have sata, afaik they are the only 10k non-sisci drives available
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kdrifter440 said:
There is more to SCSI drives then just the roation speed. The heads on SCSI drives can move separatly (or so i've read) which makes them great for multiple acces at the same time. For databases they are unbeatable.
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A raid 5 array of 15k RPM SCSI drives?kdrifter440 said:
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is money really not an object?
I don't want to think what we could do with a ton of money
I don't want to think what we could do with a ton of money
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kdrifter440 said:
For a raid 5 array you need a minimum of 4 or is it 5 hard drives? Plus you need a controller card capable of raid 5.
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It depends on what you are doing with it.... in a lot of cases, raid has no speed benefit at all. In some, you will be 3x faster using 3 hard drives.
Also, I'd rather have newer SCSI drives rather than older ones. I have 3 10,000 rpm scsi cheeta's in raid right now, and a single maxtor 15,000 137gb is still faster than they are, because its newer technology. Also, you are going to have to spend a lot of money on an scsi card. The minimum scsi card needed to run a raid5 array will be $200, plus hard drives. My motherboard on the other hand is capable of running a Sata raid5 array with the onboard connections.
EDIT: Raid 5 needs 3, I'd suggest 4.
Also, I'd rather have newer SCSI drives rather than older ones. I have 3 10,000 rpm scsi cheeta's in raid right now, and a single maxtor 15,000 137gb is still faster than they are, because its newer technology. Also, you are going to have to spend a lot of money on an scsi card. The minimum scsi card needed to run a raid5 array will be $200, plus hard drives. My motherboard on the other hand is capable of running a Sata raid5 array with the onboard connections.
EDIT: Raid 5 needs 3, I'd suggest 4.
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