ATA card

[Rick Stevens]

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,
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>> You should really be looking at SCSI if you want more drives.  With SCSI
>> you can have up to 7+ drives.
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> 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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