Re: Re: Windows home server

[Rob Heyes <mh001b4520@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Phil Harris wrote:
> In case anyone's interested there's a seller on ebay with 20 off 3Ware
> 9500-12 12 channel SATA RAID controllers for sale at £179.99 each
which
> includes the battery backup unit for the controller card too which
doesn't
> sound at all bad...

The 9500S-12 doesn't actually use the multi-lane connectors - there are 12
SATA connectors on the
board as the picture shows. I have one of these (from Re-Tek as it happens,
but I didn't get the BBU
when I bought it).  The multi-lane version is the 9500S-12MI.

I love this controller card, much better than my Adaptec cards.


>
> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/AMCC-Storage-3ware-9500S-12-SATA-RAID-Controller-w-BBU
>
_W0QQitemZ190113423676QQihZ009QQcategoryZ96881QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZV
> iewItem
>
> or
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2wls45
>
> ...I'm still toying with the idea of buying one myself but I'm trying
to
> find somewhere that sells the correct breakout Multi-lane to SATA
cables. I
> can find Multi-lane to 4 x SATA cables for $15 each but I'm not sure
whether
> that card uses the 4 x SATA cables as it has 6 connectors but
"only"
> supports 12 drives (which would imply 2 drives per connector and not
4).
>
> Unfortunately the 3Ware website seems to be down for maintenance at
the
> moment...
>
> Phil
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
>> Of Martin Howell
>> Sent: 19 May 2007 19:19
>> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Re: Windows home server
>>
>> Excellent.  I'm now trying a recommendation from the WHS
>> forum - attempting the install sitting naked in a bath full
>> of cold baked beans, with a potato on my head and one eye
>> shut while beating myself with a feather duster and singing
>> the national anthem backwards.  I've tried everything else,
>> so what the hell. :-)
>>
>> Martin
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>> Ian Lowe wrote:
>>> Wow - looks like Microsoft are taking Linux seriously after
all -
>> they
>>> seem to have ripped off the Linux Install experience!!
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>>> heh.
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