Re: [SLE] Motherboard advice

From: Ralph Sanford (rsanford_at_telusplanet.net)
Date: 10/31/03

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Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 23:05:14 -0700

    On Thu, 2003-10-30 at 12:31, Harry G wrote:
    > I am about to build another PC to be used as a workstation. I picked up a
    > box of 5 new Seagate SCSI 3 50 gig drives for $250.00 total, so I am
    > thinking of using some them for this.
    >
    > Since SCSI controller boards are about $100.00 or so, I was thinking of
    > using a server mother biard with built in SCSI. A couple of questions:
    >
    > 1. Is the physical format of the mother boards usually the same so they
    > will fit in a standard case? (And what is the standard size?)
    >
    > 2. Any downfalls that you would know of going this route?
    >
    >
    > TIA
    >
    > Harry G

    A potential downfall with using a motherboard with a built-in SCSI raid
    is that if you have problems or compatibility issues with the built in
    raid then fixing the built-in can be a problem.

    A couple of years ago we built a server with a built-in SCSI raid
    motherboard. A few months later the SCSI raid was proven to be flakey.
    Tried to turn it off and use a separate SCSI raid card, but our IT guy
    was unable to solve some sort of issue between the built-in and the
    separate SCSI card. This was never satisfactorily resolved. Except
    that we finally decided to replace the IT guy.

    I consider the cost of a separate SCSI card to be small compared to the
    potential cost if there are any problems. 

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