check out this upgrade!!

[b-man1]

i came across a (are you sitting down?) scsi drive array...6 x 18GB 10k rpm ultra wide scsi drive external drive array! :chug

i will use an adaptec 2940 pci controller...just need to get the scsi cable to connect the bad boy to a box here at home. i haven't decided what to use it for yet...probably just storage, but the speed should be a "bit" faster than my IDE drives.

[Absolut Talent]

Originally posted by b-man1
i came across a (are you sitting down?) scsi drive array...6 x 18GB 10k rpm ultra wide scsi drive external drive array!

i was already sitting down.........but dont know why i would want to if I was standing when I read this


I live in the world of IDE and 7200rpm. The words scsi, 10k, and ultra wide have no effect on me

[Hipnotic_Tranz]

pics?

Would be great to hold all those patches/system backups/movies

[eGoCeNTRoNiX]

That's a nice little storage box there!! lol.. I myself am trying to make a file server and I'm gonna put a three or four of 80GB Maxtors in it. But I'm not even gonna worry about any of this until I get cable. So plenty of time to save. Nice Stuff though! PICS PICS PICS!! eGo

[PreDatoR]

ego file servers are so nice... Mine has 240 gigs of hdd's in it... i need another but out of IDE ports... time for a promise controller and dammit i just sold one a few weeks back too lol

[b-man1]

i'll be testing the beast tonight...i'll take pics then.

[TheSovereign]

here is my 14 disc raid array
10 gig scsi 160's

[TheSovereign]

if u wanna see the rest of my stuff
here is the links
absolute talent got to see some of my stuff at the lan party
obviously i wasnt moving the array it weighs 200 pounds
by the way im thinking about selling 2 scsi enclosures that hold 8 drives each made of solid steel
if anyones interested im only asking for the scrap metal price u pay shipping
http://www.redlinechicago.com/arvid/1.jpg
http://www.redlinechicago.com/arvid/2.jpg
http://www.redlinechicago.com/arvid/3.jpg
http://www.redlinechicago.com/arvid/4.jpg
http://www.redlinechicago.com/arvid/5.jpg

[b-man1]

hey man...nice stuff! did you do a little corporate plundering?

what size APC is that? i snagged a 1425VA ups at the same time as the array...just haven't carried it home yet. it has 2 12v batteries and will run 2 towers for about 2 hours. not bad for the price.
i see you have an external car battery added on....what's the run time on that thing?

[b-man1]

ok...minor technical glitch...

i plugged it all in and discovered the power is inadequate in the room i wanted to put it in.
i'll have to figure out where to plug it all in now. hehe

the good news is i noticed i counted wrong---there are 7 drives, not 6. haha

[swinada]

what catches my eye is the hot water radiator that all that stuff is sitting on. Do you use the radiator for cooling purposes?
its an antik

[TheSovereign]

the radiator isnt functional

the car battery is what i replaced the stock battery with
i get about 5 hours if just he pc's are on
i get 1.5 hours if the monitors and raid unit is on
the rackmount apc powers my hubs and dsl

[b-man1]

k...i got it up and running. i was quickly let down by its performance!

i don't have a raid controller...only the scsi controller...which may account for some of the performance issues. i had to use software raid in win2000....utilizing the 7 18.2GB 10k rpm drives. Sandra showed the performance at a puny 15,xxx kB/s!!!! my old skool 20gb 5400 rpm ide boot drive gave 18,xxx kB/s. hahaha

soooooo, i switched the drives back to non-raid/standard drives and retested....11,xxx.


ok, so anyone want a good deal on 120GB of scsi drives?

[TheSovereign]

lol u nut!
dont sell them
its your sync speed
u said u used a 2940?
well that only sync's the disc's at 40
go get yourself a dual channel 29160a
seperate the drives in half between the 2 channels
your performance will be off the charts!

[b-man1]

http://www.kdcomputers.com/eui/prime/profile/573.htm

that's a 29160 (w/out the 'a')...but the drives themselves are Compaq 18.2GB 10000RPM ULTRA SCSI WIDE 68PIN drives....so upgrading the controller won't speed up the drives if they are only 40MB/s anyway, right?

i'm brand new to SCSI, btw. can ya tell?