Dual Scsi raid?

[Rob Black]

Hi people,

I’m in the process of building a Conroe based system. This is the motherboard im most likely going to use

MSI 975X Platinum Socket T (LGA 775) Intel 975X ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813130051

I currently have 5 HP ATLAS 146GB U320 10K RPM SCSI 68PIN and 2 HP 72.8GB 72GB 15K SCSI drives. How would I go about getting the 5 146GB drives in a Raid5 and the other 2 72GB drives in a RAID0.

What options do I have? Do I get a PCIe SCSI card? What if I got a motherboard that has 3 PCIe slots, can I have 1 for my video card and the other 2 for SCSI cards?
Thanks alot

[Aronj66]

any good scsi raid controller should handle 2 different raid arrays on one card. That should not be a problem.

[MixManSC]

Yeah - you should only need one RAID controller. Any halfway decent one I've ever seen lets you define multiple arrays.

[Rob Black]

any good scsi raid controller should handle 2 different raid arrays on one card. That should not be a problem.

Thanks can you recomend me a card?


how about this
http://www.lsilogic.com/products/megaraid/megaraid_320_2e.html

I seen these on ebay for under $200

[unhappy_mage]

That looks like a good choice. LSI generally makes nice products, and the people I've noticed using that card seem happy with it.

http://www.hardfolding.com/ftag1.php/mem/150072 (http://www.hardfolding.com?go=38&id=150072&tm=33)http://www.hardfolding.com/utag1.php/mem/428/1.png (http://www.hardfolding.com?go=36&id=428&type=1)

[Big Lar]

Thanks can you recomend me a card?


how about this
http://www.lsilogic.com/products/megaraid/megaraid_320_2e.html

I seen these on ebay for under $200

I have the Dell version of that card, the Perc4E, same card, but oem, and it is a Very good card, fast as heck as well.