SCSI...

[jt001]

Basically, I picked up a SCSI controller off eBay so I could get some data off an old drive, the controller is an Adaptec 2100s, I got it for $15 :lol:

Looking at the card, it has 256megs of cache, onboard xor offloading etc...would it be worth it to pick up a few SCSI drives to boot off of? I do a lot of multitasking, and I usually have several virtual machines open, so I'm waiting on the disks a lot it seems. My current boot drives are two 80gb WD drives in RAID-0, but my SATA controller sucks, and I get like 83MB/s tops and like 17ms access times Basically what I'm asking is, would I benefit from SCSI(I know it's old technology, that doesn't really matter) I see the drives on eBay going for practically nothing, so cost isn't really a deciding factor. Also, what disk configuration would be recommended? I was thinking a single 15k drive would do it, but for the price they're at I could get more, but I don't want extra heat/noise if it's not worth it.

I had this card in my machine before with 3x 10k drives in RAID-0 , and it was MUCH more responsive, which is what got me thinking about going SCSI again, because I'm just not impressed with SATA. Any thoughts on this topic?

 

[gent]

The (old) PCI interface is going to cap your transfer speed.

 

[SomeJoe7777]

If you're running VMs and other multitasking apps, it could be beneficial. I wouldn't run RAID-5 on that Adaptec, but RAID-0 on 2x 15K SCSI drives would help out your VMs a lot.

 

[onestar]

If I remember right that controller is a Ultra 160, which means it delivers 160 mb/s, and it seems that a RAID 0 array would add some flexibility to your system. I would say...go for it.

 

[jt001]

Thanks for the replies. Looking back at the previous SCSI setup I had, I'm definitely gonna go with SCSI again.

I think I'll go with 2x 15k drives as SomeJoe7777 suggested.

 

[zenmaster]

$15!!! OMG! Do you know how much at 256Meg Cache controller cost back in the day when it was new!!!

I would definitely give it a whirl.

 

[jt001]

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