I have an Abit KT7A-RAID that I use with a 29160 SCSI card.
I have never even tried using the Highpoint RAID feature of this board (I know its IDE only). Would a 4-disk array of small IDE drives outperform ths SCSI? Anyone know if Ubuntu supports the Highpoint?
I can also get SCSI raid cards cheaply enough, which I could use on any board.
I have such a card but am uncertain as to how it is to be cabled. If I just use the RAID card and attach a SCSI drive to it, nothing happens. I assume the SCSI adapter card must be connected to the SCSI RAID card and the RAID card connected to the Drives. Is that how it works?
Again, would I expect superior read speeds? If this were a desktop, not a server. would I notice any difference at all?
I see all kinds of people going on about RAID but wondered if it was just one of those "bragging rights" situations when used in a stand-alone machine.
I have never even tried using the Highpoint RAID feature of this board (I know its IDE only). Would a 4-disk array of small IDE drives outperform ths SCSI? Anyone know if Ubuntu supports the Highpoint?
I can also get SCSI raid cards cheaply enough, which I could use on any board.
I have such a card but am uncertain as to how it is to be cabled. If I just use the RAID card and attach a SCSI drive to it, nothing happens. I assume the SCSI adapter card must be connected to the SCSI RAID card and the RAID card connected to the Drives. Is that how it works?
Again, would I expect superior read speeds? If this were a desktop, not a server. would I notice any difference at all?
I see all kinds of people going on about RAID but wondered if it was just one of those "bragging rights" situations when used in a stand-alone machine.
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