[Pc_Support] Web server install - Fasttrack100TX2 vs Adaptec7896N?

[Damien McKenna]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bryan J. Smith [mailto:b.j.smith at ieee.org] 
> Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 2:17 PM
> 
> Damien McKenna <dmckenna at thelimucompany.com> wrote:
> > I'm looking at the 3Ware 7506 series as a stop-gap until we can
> > afford a server over-haul.  However, I noticed that the 7006-2
> > that you suggest only has one cable,
> 
> Huh?  You've been using too many FRAID products.
> The 3Ware Escalade 7006-2 has two (2) channels with two (2) cables --
> only *1* drive per channel.  3Ware has _never_ shipped a RAID
> controller with more than *1* drive per channel -- _period_.

OK, it just looked from their pictures that it only had one connector.
Silly me for judging a thumbnail X-)

> > so wouldn't having two drives on it with one cable reduce
> > performance versus a 7506-4 with two cables due to IDE being
> > what it is?
> 
> What is this "IDE" you speak of?
> There is _no_ requirement that IDE use "master/slave."

I was thinking of EIDE but couldn't remember the extra E in the
definition of the non-standard.  Need more coffee...

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Damien McKenna - Web Developer - Damien.McKenna at thelimucompany.com
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