Sorry this may be a little of topic.  I am about to build a new server for EMAIL, but need to know if I understand how the Channels on a SCSI card work.  Here are the specs for the card and hard drives that I was looking at.  I was going to purchase the Adaptec 3400s with 128mb of cache and 4 internal Channels.  I was then going to purchase a 5 Disk Hot Swap Drive Cage.  My question is this could I say use 4 of the Drives for Raid 0+1 and the 5th drive for a Stand Alone to contain the SPOOL directory?  That would take 1 Channel Right? Then I would have 3 Channels left to use for other Drives, am I understanding this correctly?  Because the 5 Disk Bay would be a waste if I could not use the 5th drive as a stand alone?  Any light on this subject would help me out greatly.
 
 
 
 
 
Thanks,
 
 
Kris McElroy
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Internet Systems Engineer
Duracom, INC.
www.duracom.net

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