-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I'm working on building a cheap server for a disk/diskless network. right now i've got a compaq proliant, with (4) 550mb scsi drives. I would like to upgrade this to a total of around 100-500 gigs of scsi, with half being mirrored on a raid setup. i'm unsure of the cost of a scsi raid card vs ide raid (need to stfw), but doing a search for cheap/good used scsi drives, i'm looking at 2-300% more in cost over ide. since I've found isa ide controllers for $3, and 500 gigs of ide would run me under $500, what is the advantage of going scsi? I'm beginning to thing that starting with a later AT board and around a 500mhz chip then adding a pair of 250 gig ide drives w/ raid card will not only be cheaper, but give me better overall performance. Am I correct in this line of thinking? Joe - -- SuSE Linux 8.2 (i586) Kernel: 2.4.20-4GB / i686 | Posted from: Dora ~ 3:06pm up 0:37, 2 users, load average: 0.16, 0.23, 0.35 Goto, n.: A programming tool that exists to allow structured programmers to complain about unstructured programmers. -- Ray Simard nqs@tmcom.com | http://tigger.tmcom.com/~nqs/blogger.html -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2-rc1-SuSE (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE/wUcXoS1S7SxfpzwRApAFAKCcpGxOehx2+BFsrQYna/VIW41dpACgsFOQ 6AKsG7r4l5P/npMGxttUciI= =lrwC -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----