Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 12:25:55 -0500 (CDT) From: Tony Kimball <Anthony.Kimball@East.Sun.COM> To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au Cc: jkh@time.cdrom.com, Anthony.Kimball@East.Sun.COM, kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de, sos@sos.freebsd.dk, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: building RAID systems Message-ID: <199707231725.MAA06775@compound.east.sun.com> References: <7669.869677218@time.cdrom.com> <199707231707.CAA10431@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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Quoth Michael Smith on Thu, 24 July: : : Well, as I was saying, the 4GB ultra-SCSI IBM is AUD$533 (ex) here, or : US$373. That's gotta count as "pretty cheap", hmm? : That is competetive -- although yet premium for capacity, I'm more than willing to pay that much for the performance. I hope this price shows up in my searches soon! So far the best price I've seen on this drive is $478. I just found that because I did a search, prompted by your posting. (Thanks!) Now let's talk cables. I find IDE cables washed up on the beach in piles. A UW cable costs me $29-$79 from CSC... Passing fair IDE controllers are mandatory (you pay for them whether you want them or not). A decent SCSI controller is another $200, discretionary. So, suppose that I am starting from scratch... I can add 6.4G to my system for $350, or else I can spend $30 + $200 + $478 = $708 and get 4.3G for my trouble. Now this equation does not apply to me personally, because I already have more than enough SCSI controllers to go around, but surely you can see how this argument can easily prove persuasive to the new system builder.home | help
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