On Fri, 2004-06-11 at 14:26 -0700, Rick Stevens wrote: > Jeff Vian wrote: > > > > > > Rick Stevens wrote: > > > >> Jeff Vian wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> > >>> James Kosin wrote: > >>> > >>>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >>>> Hash: SHA1 > >>>> > >>>> Homer wrote: > >>>> | Ok, out of space in the onboard ATA controller... Looking for > >>>> | recommendations for a PCI ATA card... Doesn't need RAID or anything, > >>>> | just well supported in FC2 to add more drives... > >>>> | > >>>> Homer, > >>>> > >>>> You should really be looking at SCSI if you want more drives. With > >>>> SCSI > >>>> you can have up to 7+ drives. > >>>> > >>>> > >>> Scsi2 is up to 8 devices. Ultra-scsi is up to 16 devices per > >>> controller. Most modern controllers and drives are ultra-scsi. > >>> > >>> I just recently built a box with 9 scsi drives on a single > >>> controller. The price was right and the biggest problem was a case > >>> capable of holding that many drives. 18GB scsi drives are readily > >>> available for about $10 each. > >> > >> > >> > >> <tongue-in-cheek> > >> Really? Where? $10! Wow! > >> </tongue-in-cheek> > >> > >> Methinks he means $100 and that's rather optimistic. I'd say about > >> $180 or so (US dollars). > > > > > > Hey Rick, > > > > Try :-) http://www.softwareandstuff.com/hdwstorage.html :-) > > > > > > I was not kidding..... > > According to that you aren't. These are new? Not refurbished or > "ripped out of old machines"? Geeze! :-O (bookmarked!) > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > - Rick Stevens, Senior Systems Engineer rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - > - VitalStream, Inc. http://www.vitalstream.com - > - - > - "Doctor! My brain hurts!" "It will have to come out!" - > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This store is somewhat near my workplace. I go there once in a while. Lots of neat stuff sometimes. Most of the stuff is surplus. Some new and some used stuff. Mostly obsolete by today's standards. At $10 it is probably a refurbished drive at best. -- Regards, Prasanth
