[nmglug] RAID5 - ATA vs SATA

[Andres Paglayan]

price wise, another factor to consider is the new MoBos with up to 12  
sata ports,
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Submit=ENE&N=2010200022 
+1296819456&Subcategory=22&description=&Ntk=&srchInDesc=

On Dec 3, 2006, at 10:25 AM, Nick Frost wrote:

> Tim Emerick wrote:
>
>> Usage: General office/campus use as a samba file server.  About  
>> 150 PC's connected to it with maybe 20-30 users max performing  
>> simultaneous read/writes.  Activity is mostly database type with  
>> small read/writes.  Others are accessing office type documents.
>
> I agree with Andres, in that you have a single channel to the  
> controller for each SATA drive, not so with paired IDE drives on  
> one controller, unless you buy an LSI or 3Ware RAID card for ATA.   
> So, one option would be to purchase a SATA controller, 3Ware cage,  
> 4 drives, and a thermal alarm and retrofit your existing machine;
>
> SYBA SD-SATA-4P PCI SATA Controller Card With optional RAID  
> function - Retail
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16815124020
>
> or if you want SATA II speed with PCI Express;
>
> SYBA SD-SA2PEX-2IR PCI Express SATA II Controller Card - Retail
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16815124027
>
> 3ware RDC-400-SATA Internal RAID Drive Expansion Cage - Retail
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817121302
>
> 110 Alert, temperature alarm for cases, making a noise when the  
> temp inside your case reaches above 110F
> http://www.directron.com/110alert.html
>
> For a campus-wide solution, you could save yourself some trouble,  
> get an optimized storage processor with faster I/O (and set the  
> whole thing up in 15 minutes) if you get one of these;
>
> Infrant ReadyNAS NV
> http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/nas/nas-reviews/infrant_readynas_nv
> barebones version
> http://www.amazon.com/ReadyNAS-RNV2-S4-0000-Special-Diskless- 
> support/dp/B000JRSIG2/sr=8-1/qid=1165165989/ 
> ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-8476269-0425627?ie=UTF8&s=electronics
>
> or the 1 Terabyte version for $1,000.00
> http://www.amazon.com/Infrant-ReadyNAS-Seagate-Gigabit-Ethernet/dp/ 
> B000FFR4OK/sr=8-2/qid=1165165989/ 
> ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/002-8476269-0425627?ie=UTF8&s=electronics
>
> ReadyNAS benchmarks are described/posted here;
>
> http://www.anandtech.com/printarticle.aspx?i=2723
>
> At work we have a ReadyNAS 600 and it works reasonably well, is  
> quite reliable, stable, etc.
>
> -Nick
>
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