Eli,
Pardon me for not responding sooner. You threw me a curve.
What you ask me about, I have never even thought of.
When I purchased, I chose to add a server to my LAN. Simple as that.
History:
My server came to me used with acceptable credentials, w/loaded OS,
ready to 'play' with.
It came to me with a fully installed RAID5 array. It has essentially the
very same RAID5 array now, except that today I have 2 hot spares in
place. I still consider this machine my local, in-home LAN server
learning platform.
Yes, it does do what I consider important functions; chiefly, it runs my
ESET Enterprise Server/RAS/RAC/Mirror needs. Besides that, it is also
my WINS server for my LAN. Probably a separate topic! It is NOT a
domain controller (still under study).
It came to me with a functional RAID system which I had never
owned/built. I have learned much about the care and feeding of a
commercial-grade (my belief) RAID system.. Thank you Collective!
But, yes, it is a SCSI U160 system. Hence my Initial "Pending
Conversion." I conjured that I might be able possibly convert from
SCSI to SATA without a lot of cost/grief. I am still looking at Bryan's
shares and trying to comprehend the following discussion from yourself,
Greg, Bryan, and Joshua. All of which I read and try to follow. Admit,
much of which leaves me in the dust. No harm, no foul. Thanks folks. My
bad, not yours!
I could, perhaps, agree that I am "playing" with a piece of equipment I
should never have come in contact with. Fine. Too late! LOL!
Best,
Duncan
On 08/09/2010 23:39, Eli Allen wrote:
I don't understand why you want a raid controller. Are you really
doing anything that is disk i/o bound? or is it to keep from losing
data? Would seem like almost any modern m/b with low end CPU would be
faster and you can just use the built in raid to do a mirrored raid.
On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 10:26 PM, DSinc<dx7...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
Bryan,
I will print and parse your suggestions. Afraid I may be even more behind.
The best I can offer are PCI-66 slots on an old Intel STL2 m/b (think this
is ServerWerz chipset/design). Know this may be way past its' prime, but
this beast just will not die.
Yes, I may be trying to beat a horse that ain't quite dead yet.....
Still learning. I'll get back to you. Let me parse, absorb, and, think.
There are a few times when Technology can just suck!
Thanks,
Duncan
