ATA card

[Rick Stevens]

Jeff Vian wrote:
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> Rick Stevens wrote:
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>> 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,
>>>>
>>>> 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.
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>> <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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> 
> Hey Rick,
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> Try  :-)  http://www.softwareandstuff.com/hdwstorage.html  :-)
> 
> 
> I was not kidding.....  

According to that you aren't.  These are new?  Not refurbished or
"ripped out of old machines"?  Geeze!  :-O  (bookmarked!)
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