[LUAU] HDs for mirrors.hosef.org
Clifton Royston
cliftonr at iandicomputing.com
Wed Dec 20 09:59:17 PST 2006
On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 12:51:46PM -1000, Michael Bishop wrote:
> Vince Hoang wrote:
> >3ware makes the only SATA cards that I have personally known to
> >work over the past 3 years and a 4-port card will run about $300.
> >Silicon Image makes sub-$100 cards, but I have not used them in a
> >year. Adaptec ships too many cards to make any sense of.
...
> 3ware 9550SX-4LP KIT 4-Port Half Length/Low profile Serial ATA II RAID
> Controller Card Retail
> http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=131700
> $324.99
>
> $169.99 X 4 = $679.96 for HDs
> $324.99 for 3Ware RAID
> $1004.95 grand total
>
> $807.95 - (4) IDE HDs
>
> $197 more for SATA drives
>
> Bottom like for 4 people, the cost would be $250.
I'm fine with paying this share.
Sounds like what we need is for someone to make a final decision that
the rest of us can sign on to.
-- Clifton
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