I like the SATA drive idea as well. A couple of weeks ago I found out you can have it both ways. There is a simple cable adapter made that you connect to the 68-pin SCSI card and it leads out 4 SATA cables. I have not found anyone who has tried these, but the discussion on this web page indicates it works in servers where these folks have tried it.
http://www.dealextreme.com/p/4-in-1-sata-to-scsi-hard-disk-data-cable-1940 The nice thing about this is that you can use a SCSI card that actually runs in 64 bit PCI mode that was made specifically as a fast HD adapter for the G4s as your SATA adapter. I can find no SATA adapter that is 64 bit PCI, so this might just make a faster interface for a SATA drive than the SATA cards out there. Bruce ----- Original Message ----- From: dc <dbc...@verizon.net> To: G-Group <g3-5-list@googlegroups.com> Sent: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 11:53:11 -0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: hacking for a slimmer world On Nov 15, 12:21 pm, Jesse <jesselorenstj...@gmail.com> wrote: > So what are the best drives and cards for scsi? I agree with Dan, a SATA PCI card and 10K SATA (Raptor) drive is fast and reusable in G5, MacPro, and PC machines. I do think SCSI drives are cheaper right now. There are ATTO UL2x and UL3x cards for under $25, 15K 36GB drives also around $25. They can also be reused in G5s and other machines. The advantage of SCSI drives over IDE isn't so much in the transfer speed as it is in the latency & seek/read/write times. I don't have specific benchmarks now as I'm onto a MacPro, all my SCSI machines are in storage (I probably should give them away). But I've put fast SCSI drives in Macs from a 7200, beige G3, Smurf G3, PCI G4, AGP G4s, etc. and they have always made noticable real world speed improvement. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
