[K12OSN] [OT] Firewire or USB2 in a softRAID setup
Jim Kronebusch
jim at winonacotter.org
Fri Jul 29 14:56:12 UTC 2005
> Yeah -- I *have* them already. :) The setup will ideally be:
>
> (2) 300GB drives internally (IDE)
> (4) 300GB firewire drives
> (2) 300GB USB2 drives
>
> For a 2.1TB RAID5 array. Like I said, I have all the
> equipment already.
> If the conversion of our tapes to digital format (playable over our
> network) is deemed worthwhile, then I'll go with an actual beefier
> server to manage the storage. I'm trying to shoestring the
> thing now,
> because it's only in the trial stage.
You could always gut the cases for the drives and then order a
controller. I have done this before. Then I keep the cases and cut a
slot in the top, pull the IDE ribbon cable through, then glue a mouse
pad (upside down) to the top and cut to fit. Then I use these cases for
running utilities, data transfer, etc on HD's from other machines. Very
handy.
Of course finding a machine laying around that handles 8 HDs might be
tough.
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