Got my hardware ATA raid 5 controller today!

STRESSTEST · Post by **STRESSTEST** » Mon Apr 26, 2004 1:58 pm

not pictured is the 256meg stick of PC133 going in it, or the 4 200 gig drives still in route.

This is for the FTP box. Those that have been on it know there is a ton of stuff there. Well, I've run out of room.

So, new config:

1x41 gig boot/OS drive
1x200 gig WD (that $22.26 shipped one) FTP storage
4x200 gig Maxtor 9's in raid 5 (600gig usable) FTP storage..

Almost a TB usable

BfDiDDy · Post by **BfDiDDy** » Mon Apr 26, 2004 3:03 pm

oooooooo a penny!

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Mon Apr 26, 2004 4:04 pm

Nice!

Pun · Post by **Pun** » Mon Apr 26, 2004 4:26 pm

whoa.

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Mon Apr 26, 2004 5:21 pm

i see markings for a Battery on the PCB which indicates a option for a onboard BIOS

and im wondering what would go were stress put the penny?

Avder · Post by **Avder** » Mon Apr 26, 2004 6:13 pm

My next comp I build will have at least 1TB in RAID-5 SATA Storage

Wolf on Air · Post by **Wolf on Air** » Mon Apr 26, 2004 10:25 pm

You LOSE. I've had mine for, oh, two years now

Back then 40 GB was big, so I have a 4x40 array in RAID5 = 120 GB usable. Well, it's fast for certain things.

Oh, and AC... it's got a BIOS, and it doesn't need a backup battery. I've no idea why one's drawn on the PCB, but it stores all state information on a reserved sector of the HDDs.

Downside to this card is it's frelling HUGE. The space between the card and the 5-disk drive rack in my Lian-Li PC60 is like 4 mm.

Oh, and mine is the real thing, not "LITE" whatever that means...

Vertigo · Post by **Vertigo** » Mon Apr 26, 2004 10:26 pm

Been using that one for quite some time too..... 1.5 years, i think...

Pretty good card, albeit a bit slow at times.

Tossed it out recently because i lost a RAID5 array due to that card. For some reason two of the 120GB disks connected to it would start clicking regularly, wich killed the RAID5 array...

Connecting the disks to a regular IDE controller would result in flawless operation tho

Oh well, have fun with it

(mine isn't a LITE either

)

BUBBALOU · Post by **BUBBALOU** » Tue Apr 27, 2004 5:45 am

Vertigo wrote:Tossed it out recently...

To the internet Garbage can called EBAY?

or into the regular garbage?

Vertigo · Post by **Vertigo** » Tue Apr 27, 2004 7:52 am

Nowhere atm... still lying around here.

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 1:11 pm

Nice!

I'm suprised you didn't find a way to make the PCB bl00.

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 1:12 pm

dont give him any ideas MD

Iceman · Post by **Iceman** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 2:29 pm

!!! $$$ ???

STRESSTEST · Post by **STRESSTEST** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 2:40 pm

drives got here today

Wolf on Air · Post by **Wolf on Air** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 4:23 pm

Vertigo · Post by **Vertigo** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 4:37 pm

The SX4000 is somewhere behind the flat-cable mess at the bottom.

In that case at that time :
4X 120GB RAID5
2x 200GB RAID0
2x 80GB RAID0
2x 35GB 15K rpm SCSI RAID0

Pic's a bit small, i know.

JMEaT · Post by **JMEaT** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 5:44 pm

Soooo, you're a woman?

Tricord · Post by **Tricord** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 3:28 am

0WNED!

How many disks can that card handle? Four or eight?

Sage · Post by **Sage** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 11:51 am

Sooo..... What's a Raid?

JMEaT · Post by **JMEaT** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 3:59 pm

BTW, looks sweet Stress.

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 5:37 pm

those HDD's can be RPM Adjusted by the jumpers? i notice on the jumper block diagram it has "7200RPM" and a specific jumper point drawn to that indication

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 9:26 pm

Also likely helps heat, 4500 RPM requires less cooling by a lot.

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 9:55 pm

ahhhh, some things ive never seen before.