Howdy All Adaptec 2400A is a raid cable ATA solution and the Adaptec 39160 is a dual channel LVD scsi controller no raid. Adaptec 2400A: » i960RS based » Up to 128 MB memory support » 4-channel support up to 4 drives » Online capacity expansion Affordable, full-featured ATA/100 RAID card for data protection. Ideal for PC server users looking to take advantage of advanced RAID features on ATA hard drives. The Adaptec ATA RAID 2400A card is a microprocessor-based RAID solution for PC server environments employing ATA hard drives. The Adaptec ATA RAID 2400A supports up to 4 drives, with transfer rates up to 100 MByte/sec per channel over 4 channels providing advanced RAID functionality at an affordable price. It is the ideal solution for those who want increased server capacity and performance. It offers state-of-the-art manageability features through Adaptec's Storage Manager Pro? software. Cost: $336.99 Adaptec 39160: » Two (2) Independent Ultra 160 Channels for 320 MByte/sec performance (160 each). » 64-bit PCI (32 supported) for 266 MB/s throughput with MotherBoard. » SpeedFlex Technology ensures top performance of all connected devices, regardless of SCSI generation, and provides seamless backwards compatibility protecting legacy devices. » Two External connectors are 68-pin Very High Density for connection to LVD drives (also includes two internal LVD & one 50-pin standard internal connector). Cost: $349.99 Richard http://www.insight.com/web/apps/productpresentation/index.php?alert=categoryresults&product_id=AD070531 http://www.insight.com/web/apps/productpresentation/index.php?product_id=AD622782 -----Original Message----- From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us [mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us]On Behalf Of Nancy Sollars Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2002 4:31 PM To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us Subject: Re: Big, fast disk toys ----- Original Message ----- From: "foodog" To: "plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us" 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 > ________________________________________________ > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > ________________________________________________ See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss