IDE RAID plus SCSI controller

quale

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I'd like to use SCSI RAID on a single processor motherboard. If the board comes with IDE RAID, what will I need to make SCSI work, just a SCSI controller card or a SCSI controller card that also incorporates RAID? I'm thinking of ABIT's KR7A-RAID or similar, but it would be better if there's a socket A/KT266A board with a built-in SCSI RAID controller. Point me towards a link if this is the umpteenth time this question has been asked.

Thanx,
Quale
 

aarona

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There is no kt266a with scsi, but there is an AMD761 board from MSI for around $210 US.
Here's a quick link on pricewatch:
http://www.qbitpc.com/itemdesc.asp?CartId=9451997UKLMV75&ic=MSTMS6341030R&tpc=

BTW, goto http://www.pricewatch.com
hit motherboards link
type at "search catagory"
AMD scsi
hit return
 

ycs46241

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you will need a scsi array controller card got to price watch to get prices, but one question you already have ide raid why do you not use 7200 rpm ide drive instead?
 

Crashman

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If you have SCSI RAID why worry about IDE RAID? You can raid a bunch of inexpensive small 7200RPM LVD drives together, use all SCSI drives, and forget IDE all together!

What's the frequency, Kenneth?
 

quale

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Thanx for the info. I'm putting together a box to run Photoshop (swapping/scratch disk intensive when RAM is depleted) and scan photos in parallel. The scanner's interface is SCSI. I also want a MBO that can handle a lot of RAM--the afformentioned ABIT KR7A-RAID is one or the few fast boards that has 4 184-pin DIMMS. Since I need a SCSI controller for the scanner, I might as well go a little further and get a SCSI board with RAID so that I can feed two disks.

BTW, there are fine Photoshop forums out there, but none that dispense good h/w advice.

"What's the frequency?" you ask. You mean the disk speed...It'll be 10,000 RPM. So a little slower than two 7200 IDE drives.
 
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If you've only got 1 SCSI disk, RAID won't help..

Also, I've never seen any real comparisons on this, but if you're running XP or 2000, and you do happen to install a second SCSI disk, AND you don't feel like spending extra on RAID capable SCSI card, then windows can do it for you. I know there isn't much hit to the CPU (with GHz laying around:) since the whole RAID 0 function is dead easy to do.

One other thing to note: If you're considering a high-end drive (Quantum Atlas(now maxtor) or Seagate Cheetah) Those drives really get the peak performance when they're slammed by many requests for data simultaneously (as in a server for banks). Other than that, streaming 1 or 2 files through photoshop won't allow those drives to do their thing, and a 7200rpm drive would be just as good. And with the money you saved you could get double the ram and really see a performance improvement.
 

jlanka

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For your purposes you can just get a KR7A (without the IDE RAID controller). This will save you a few bucks.

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