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Unread 09-27-2002, 04:06 PM   #10
jtroutma
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Yep, and I am only at 1/2 capacity of it

(1) Quantum Atlas V 7200RPM 6.3ms 9.1Gb
(4) Quantum Atlas IV 7200RPM 6.9ms 9.1Gb
(1) Pionneer 6X DVD Drive
(1) Toshiba 32X CDROM Drive
(1) Yamaha 16x12x40x CD-RW Drive
(1) Iomega Zip100

= 8 SCSI devices on 1 controller

I LOVE SCSI! 15 devices for 1 IRQ & 1 Memory Address; that's it!

Oh and dont forget....EXCELLENT performace and reduced CPU overhead. Only drawback is price....

As for RAID arrays, I am currently in the middle of testing my Adaptec AAA-131U2 RAID card again. It is noticeably slower in hardware RAID than with my AHA-2940U2W in software mode. Been trying to answer the question "Why is a software solution faster than a hardware solution?" for quite some time.

Also just found out that you can do software RAID 5 with Win2K server so that is always an option. HEHE just install Win2K Pro and use NTSWITCH to get RAID 5
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