On Sat, 25 Jun 2005 13:22:02 -0500, Trey Boudreau wrote: > The wife has given me the go-ahead to build a new storage system (the > current 750GB array has topped out with HDTV programs, and I haven't > made a significant dent in the DVD library transfer process). I've > planned a dual Opteron 246 box with a 3Ware 9500S-12 PCI-X controller. > It has Online-Capacity-Expansion, so I can buy my favorite Maxtor > 7Y250M0's a few at a time and keep the initial outlay down a bit.
Take a look at the Areca SATA II controllers (also support NCQ), better performance than the 3ware cards and they go up to 16 drives, available as PCI-X and PCI Express. Has linux drivers for a bunch of distros including X86-64 based ones. I have an Areca 1110 controller on my windows 2003 server (nothing to do with myth I know) and the performance is way better than my other two (similarly specc'd ) servers with the 3ware cards. Regards Vincent Parrett VSoft Technologies Pty Ltd http://www.finalbuilder.com Blog: http://blogs.finalbuilder.com/vincent Automate your Software builds with FinalBuilder.
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