Recent content by caleb1019

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    Serial ATA RAID 5 solution! hot?

    Wow, that looks like a good deal, I was about to get a 3ware raid5 card... gonna have to consider this one now. Does anyone know if you can use two of these cards for 8 drives in the same raid5 array?
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    White label harddrives?

    Hi guys, i've been looking for a good place to buy harddrives latelly and have done a lot of price comparing... one thing I've noticed is there are a few places selling "white label" harddrives.. they come with a dealer warranty instead of factory warranty... I just wanted some input as to...
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    Raid 5 questions

    Well, I emailed 3ware to ask them, since everyone has different opinions about adding drives. I'll let you guys know what they say. That 8 channel raid card is looking pretty good if I can add drives. Wow this will be my 6th post since oct 2001, and the 4th in this thread, lol.
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    Raid 5 questions

    I found a pretty good review of the 3ware 7500 at www.pimprig.com. Also, from that review it sounds like you can add drives to the array. "You can also initialize RAID rebuilds and add drives to the array from the interface which is navigated via a web browser and can even be accessed over the...
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    Raid 5 questions

    Oh man, no way to put these drives in an array then unless I can find 250gb of space to use temporarily I guess. Thanks for clearing that up though. So how about using just a normal IDE controller and software raid5 from windows? I won't be booting from this array, and the operating system will...
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    Raid 5 questions

    Hi, I've been looking all over the internet and I couldn't find answers to these questions, so I'm hoping someone here might have a little experience with this. Ok, here goes. I currently have two IDE harddrives, same exact drives. Both of them are just about full though, I have them running...
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    *DEAD*,but similar are available--Chieftec SX1040 Cases for $35!!!

    I just got my case today =) I ordered it ... plain/silver without a window... $35 with $17 shipping... It has 2 fans.. one on the door and one in the back. The funny thing is, like with other people I guess, I ordered without a power supply and it came with one anyway. 420w one too, it doesnt...
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    Duracell Rechargeables: AA ($.77 ea) & AAA ($.50 ea) [Get's even better...]

    Thanks, i've been looking for these since MCM was out of AAA last time I checked, glad i waited! Got about 80 batteries altogether for $43.. not including shipping though. Thats pretty amazing if they work well =P