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jtroutma · 04-14-2003, 06:15 PM

Jess... I came in too late for this thread :P

Well I wil throw out my experince here just for the fun of it.

Currently, I am running (2) Seagate 36GB 15K.2 drives in RAID 0. As soon as I pick up an additional drive, I will be moving to RAID 5.
All of these drives are running of a single channel LSI Express 500 unit. I also have an Adaptec 131U2 and found that it wasnt worth crap! I bought the LSI off e-bay for a decent price and have been very satisfied with it.

Yes, U160 is more than enough for 2-3 drives.....4 begins to push the envelope (using 15K drives that is).

Let us know if you need any more information.

04-14-2003, 06:15 PM	#8
jtroutma Cooling Savant Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: SLO, CA Posts: 837	Jess... I came in too late for this thread :P Well I wil throw out my experince here just for the fun of it. Currently, I am running (2) Seagate 36GB 15K.2 drives in RAID 0. As soon as I pick up an additional drive, I will be moving to RAID 5. All of these drives are running of a single channel LSI Express 500 unit. I also have an Adaptec 131U2 and found that it wasnt worth crap! I bought the LSI off e-bay for a decent price and have been very satisfied with it. Yes, U160 is more than enough for 2-3 drives.....4 begins to push the envelope (using 15K drives that is). Let us know if you need any more information. __________________ Athlon64 X2 4200+ @ 2.5Ghz (250FSB x 10) OCZ VX 1GB 4000 @ 250FSB (6-2-2-2 timmings) DFI LANParty nForce4 Ultra-D SCSI Raid 5 x (3) Cheetah 15K HDDs LSI Express 500 (128MB cache) OCZ PowerStream 520W PSU ATI X850XT PE (Stock) DTEK WhiteWater + DTEK Custom Radiator Eheim 1250