Re: Storage (8*IDE HDs) any experiences?
hi dima
think different motherboard uses different onboard ide controllers...
( dont know which one is which...
- promise card i was referring to is the Proise ata/100 series
not the onboard controllers
yes... most 1U chassis comes with one 1 power supply...
( no physcial room in the back...
-- sorta offtopic...but thought i'd add the comments
-- and we can discuss offline if needed...
one 1u manufacturer put a powersupply in front and
one powersupply in the back...
- a neater option would have been to use the newer mini-atx
motherboard...about 8"x8" square... which still have room
for 2 1u powersupply in the back...
- even if you had 2 power supplies...
- most motherboards only has one atx power connector
- are the two power supplies properly doing load sharing...
- when/how does the redundant power circuit kill
off the other dying/dead power supply
- if the motherboard did have 2 atx connectors...
- is it doing proper load sharing???
- can the 2nd power supply drive the motherboard
even if the other powersupply is dead
- if you had two power supplies...
- how does the disk gets it spower...
( need special circuitry to drive the disks
( minimally, 2 diodes for each of the power supply
fun stuff
alvin
http://www.Linux-1U.net ...
On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Dimitri Maziuk wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 03:23:03PM -0700, Alvin Oga wrote:
> ...
> > your options for 6 or 8 disks are the promise cards
> > and/or 3ware ...
>
> Well, unfortunately purchasing is a bit strange around here...
> That mobo (with HPT-370 controller) is the one we can buy
> _easily_ -- from the university's techstore. A mobo with
> promise is a bit more difficult...
>
> > has anybody measured the +12V current needed when all
> > 8 drives start up...at the same time... hummm....
>
> Yes, n+1 PS sound like a good idea for this sort of work.
> I notice your 1U cases only have one PS. ;)
>
> Thanks
> Dima
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