Big, fast disk toys

[Nancy Sollars]

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Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2002 4:05 PM
Subject: Big, fast disk toys


> If you're looking for a big, fast, relatively cheap RAID system I'm
> really impressed with the Adaptec 2400A controller.  I'm playing with it
> at work, BTW, not home.  The bootable config CD runs Linux and has a
> click-thru for the GPL.
>
> You can connect up to 4 IDE drives to it to build a RAID unit.  The
> setup I'm using is four WD1000 100GB disks at RAID 0 for approx 376GB.
> The whole deal can be had for somewhere right around $2K and compares
> *very* favorably with a Fibre Channel SAN system that costs much, much
> more.

Sounds interesting..

Any Idea how this compares to the 39160 Scsi Controller?

>
> I actually like this IDE solution better than any Adaptec scsi RAID I've
> used, most notably the 131U2 (which has no Linux support).  Bigger,
> cheaper, very fast (100MB/sec). The only challenge is mounting the
> drives with enough breathing room; they run hot.

I thought all drives run Hot ... ( Previous experience of branding of hand
on Quantum products )

>
> At some point I may be able to load Linux on this but it'll be awhile.
>
> Steve
> Guess I'll go clean the garage now :-(

Nige

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