Yep. That's basically it. The drives may or may not have the 4-Pin Molex power receptacle you see on IDE drives and may or may not come with a power adapter. Make sure you have the right adapter if you are installing bare drives without plugging them into a backplane. Here is an example of an adapter: http://cgi.ebay.com/4-Pin-IDE-to-Serial-ATA-SATA-Power-Adapter-Cable_W0QQitemZ250412048321QQihZ015QQcategoryZ74941QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem If you don't want to order from Hong Kong, these people have them for $0.80 each: http://www.amazon.com/Cables-Go-Power-cable-internal/dp/B000234OEI/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1240603469&sr=8-1
Then you need data cable(s) Individual data cables are ~ $1 each with shipping: http://cgi.ebay.com/Serial-ATA-SATA-RAID-DATA-HDD-Hard-Drive-CDROM-Cable_W0QQitemZ220384587121QQihZ012QQcategoryZ74941QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem If you have a case with a backplane (typically rackmount) then you have to make sure the data cable ends match. Once you go above 4-12 drives, everyone uses one of several multi-drive cable types. Here is a good site showing the basics: http://cooldrives.stores.yahoo.net/saiandsaiiin.html Then there are 4 different MultiLane cable types that handle 4 or 8 drives apiece. If you use a controller with a multilane connector and don't have a case with a backplane, you need fan-out cable(s) to go to individual drives. Fan-out cables need to match the connector on the board. Be careful because some are pinned to fanout from the controller card, others are pinned to fan out from the backplane. Amazon has a good price on 1.5Tb SATA Drives - $127 http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Barracuda-7200-11-Cache-ST31500341AS/dp/B00066IJPQ/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1240603086&sr=8-1 Those come without power or data cables. They do not have the Molex power receptacle - you need a sata power connector. The 2Tb drive are still a bit pricey at ~ $300. http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Caviar-Green-WD20EADS/dp/B001RB1TIS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1240604141&sr=1-1 The early 1.5Tb Segate's were buggy. You need to update the firmware on them. Amazon is currently selling the fixed version. All the ones I saw that needed updating came from Dell. If you are thinking about getting a large drive - better plan on getting 2 and backing up one to the other periodically. 1.5 Tb is an insane amount of space - but it's an even bigger amount of data to lose. We now archive only to SATA at work. They are faster, cheaper, and more reliable than tape. HTH -Dave Walton On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 3:39 PM, LarryT <l02tur...@comcast.net> wrote: > Hey Dave -- That sounds really good! Help me understand what the PCI card > will do. I can install the card then run power & Data wires to SATA drives > installed inside my desktop case, right? That sounds like just the thing! > ATA & IDE HDs are becoming more hard to find in large capacities. Most are > 200gb or less. > > SATA though is very different - even sizes up to 1TB are in the $100-$130 > range, and these will really add to internal storage. > > Thx for the help Dave - Appreciate it - > > LarryT > Porsche Posters!! And > Oil Analysis at youroil.net. > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "dave walton" <walton.d...@gmail.com> > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 9:45 AM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] SATA controller? > > > You may actually get better performance from software raid - depending > on your processor and if you need to be doing anything else while > copying files. > > Here is a 4-port SIL card for $19 including shipping - > http://cgi.ebay.com/4-Port-SATA-PCI-Raid-Controller-Card-Adapter-SIL3114-5V_W0QQitemZ350167691880QQihZ022QQcategoryZ90717QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem > > Or get an 8-port 3Ware for $165 - > http://cgi.ebay.com/3Ware-9500S-8-8-Ports-Sata-Raid-Controller-Card-W-128_W0QQitemZ270378262353QQihZ017QQcategoryZ56091QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem > > The 3Ware should work in a shorter card slot if there is room for the > unused connectors to dangle above the motherboard. No harm in having > more ports than you need at the moment. Chances are you will end up > using them. > > If you are considering running the 3Ware 9500S in a shorter slot, let > me know and I'll test it here. Will only take a few minutes. > > -Dave Walton > > > On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 9:22 AM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> But I don't want RAID 10, it wastes too much space and costs half my >> speed. >> I NEED speed and I NEED space, what I don't need is data security, I'm >> gonna capture from timecoded tape, if the data goes away I can get it back, >> no big whoop. Like I wrote in a different post video is a different world. >> >> I'd forgotten to look at Newegg, they have a good selection of >> controllers. For my needs it looks like >> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816150021 might be >> acceptable. I agree that I don't want a super cheap controller but SIIG is a >> good name, wish it had 4 ports. >> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816122015 This >> Sonnet card does, I've heard good things about them but never used their >> products. >> >> This discussion has helped me to narrow down my requirements, I'd like a 4 >> port card, hardware RAID is unnecessary, and I'd like to have the price >> around $100. >> >> -Curt >> >> Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:47:24 -0500 >> From: "Tom Hargrave" <tharg...@hiwaay.net> >> Subject: Re: [MBZ] SATA controller? >> To: "'Mercedes Discussion List'" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> Message-ID: <093b01c9c3b5$7322b0c0$3400a...@tomrmkj2yanjy9> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1250" >> >> Curt, >> >> The best setup is a RAID 10 with 4, 6 or 8 drives. >> >> Stay away from the cheap controllers - they are junk. Also, you want a >> true >> hardware RAID controller. >> >> Here's a good one for 2 drives: >> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816116030 >> >> If you want to get real serious, here's a 12 port RAID card that should >> perform well: >> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816116057 >> >> >> Thanks, >> Tom Hargrave >> www.kegkits.com >> http://www.kegkits.com/JABF/ >> 256-656-1924 >> >> >> >> >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: >> <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090423/7e29ba32/attachment.html> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
