ATA card

[Jeff Vian]

Rick Stevens wrote:

> Jeff Vian wrote:
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>> James Kosin wrote:
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>>> 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).
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Hey Rick,

Try  :-)  http://www.softwareandstuff.com/hdwstorage.html  :-)


I was not kidding.....