From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Jun 6 15:20:30 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mail.libam.com (094.dsl108154.surewest.net [63.108.154.94]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 859B037B401 for ; Wed, 6 Jun 2001 15:20:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from MichaelV@EDIFECS.COM) Received: from ecx1.edifecs.com (mail.edifecs.com [207.153.149.131]) by mail.libam.com (8.9.3/8.8.7) with ESMTP id PAA10271; Wed, 6 Jun 2001 15:28:50 -0700 Received: by ecx1.edifecs.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Wed, 6 Jun 2001 15:24:53 -0700 Message-ID: <36F7B20351634E4FBFFE6C6A216B30D54C1F@ecx1.edifecs.com> From: Michael VanLoon To: "'Noses'" , hardware@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Casing wanted Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 15:24:50 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > From: Noses [mailto:noses@bnc.net] > Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 4:35 AM > > ... dead or alive (although alive seems to be the better deal). > > I've got to build (as proof of concept) a server with nine (_9_) > UDMA IDE disks (eight of them connected to a 2ware RAID controller) > and now the fact that U-IDE cables mustn't be longer than 45 cm is > biting my ass. Does anybody know a casing fitting an ATX board with > a 3ware 6800 controller and space for all those disks? I took a look > at the Chenbro Net and Echo series but no matter what I'm going to do > no more than five disks will be connected. 3ware of course is pretty > un-helpful (basically telling me that they're happy that it is my > problem and not theirs). Hmmm... Are you sure just biting the bullet and going SCSI raid wouldn't be a better solution in this case? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message