Seeking advice

[BusaOrZX12]

First off I would like to thank you in advance for any help and advice.

I currently have a Maxtor 80Gb 7200rpm and a WD Caviar Sata 250Gb, and a external WD 200Gb with a Soltek SL-K8AN2E-GR motherboard. 2 80Gb is ample for me actually as I have multiple OS.


I have a Hitatchi 36Gb 10k ultra320 that I would like to use if it would be beneficial.
I don't have a scsi card and am unclear if I need one to install the Hitatchi. I'd like to be able to set up a raid (I am clueless here also) at some point but I cannot afford to buy another drive right now.

What the best setup for me considering the hardware I do have and what would be the best setup to shoot for in the end and what additional hardware will be needed.

Once again Thanks

 

[djnes]

As you mentioned, RAID would require more drives. Most people will tell you that a single Raptor performs on par with the SCSI drives when your comparing single drive to single drive. Nothing will compare to several SCSI drives in a RAID5 config, but your talking an extreme cost. Your also looking at a minimum of about $100 just for a SCSI card that would take advantage of that drive. If it was up to me, I'd probably sell the SCSI drive, and put the money towards a 74 GB Raptor. Then I'd use the Raptor as my OS drive, the internal 250 as my storage drive, and the external 200 as my backup drive.

 

[BusaOrZX12]

Thanks Dines I appreciate yourr help.