Hard Drive SCSI installation

[link352000]

Please help
I need to install a Fujitsu MBA 3300RC 15K SCSI

 

[GhislainG]

Attach it to a SAS controller. What else do you need to know?

 

[link352000]

So, do I need a SAS controller? I tought that the motherboard come with SAS controller. XFX 790i Ultra SLI

 

[GhislainG]

That motherboard has 1 PATA port, 7 SATA ports and 1 e.SATA port. Only some server motherboards include SAS ports.

You can buy a SATA/SAS controller or buy a X58 chipset based motherboard that includes a SAS controller, e.g., Asus P6T Deluxe (requires a Core i7 CPU).

You can buy an inexpensive controller like the PROMISE FastTrak TX2650 PCI Express SATA / SAS Controller Card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816102139, but read the reviews and make sure that your motherboard is supported.

You can buy a somewhat better controller like the HighPoint RocketRAID2640X4 PCI-Express x4 SATA / SAS Controller Card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816115050. Again read the reviews, including Tom's review.

And at over $200, you can get a better controller, e.g, the Adaptec 2260100-R PCI Express SATA / SAS Controller http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816103092

Also make sure that drivers are available for your OS.

 

[jeteryankees22]

You need a SAS controller like stated above. Some of the x58 boards have built in SAS controllers. You may be better off returning and getting 2xVelociraptor drives?? Good SAS controllers are expensive.

 

[link352000]

Thanks very much for you help

 

[Raviolissimo]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822116059

Jeez, that is a nice drive. 300 GB, $300, fast.

i used to have SCSI systems, starting with a Pentium Pro with onboard Ultra-Wide SCSI. my last SCSI system was a Tyan Dual Xeon motherboard (got that in about 2002).

i was quite surprised when i got a Shuttle small form factor system in 2004. it had 2 160 GB Parallel ATA drives. it was faster than the SCSI interface that i liked so much !

and SATA drives are faster still. that did not make sense to me initially, because the SCSI drive has more data lines.