- Feb 5, 2003
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Ok, So I've got my RAID setup that I use for playig movies, and I love it, but i have a couple issues with it.
1. I can only do one simultaneous read/write.
2. My other PC that does the downloading is still running a regualr 7200 8mb IDE drive, and it cant transfer to the RAID quick enough (it would be great if it could keep up with the RAID)
now this second PC is a downloading hog, P3 450, 512 PC100... win 98. all it does is download all day and all night. usually i can get 10-40 simutaneous downloads.
I originally wanted to get a second RAID system for this PC so i could transfer the new downloads quickly, but due to issue 1, I dont think that would be a good idea. my regular IDE drive does fine writing all the downloads, but i want to get my transfer speeds up. (moving 700mb files takes a while, especially if i move 4-5 at a time)
I know SCSI is built for servers, and is good at doing the multiple read/write thing. I've never had any expeirence with either SCSI or SATA. I'm wondering what would be best for my desires.
Ps, am I going to be limited by my 100mb network? if I could get 100mb i'd be thrilled! currently i think it's more like 30. also how can i measure cross system transfers?
1. I can only do one simultaneous read/write.
2. My other PC that does the downloading is still running a regualr 7200 8mb IDE drive, and it cant transfer to the RAID quick enough (it would be great if it could keep up with the RAID)
now this second PC is a downloading hog, P3 450, 512 PC100... win 98. all it does is download all day and all night. usually i can get 10-40 simutaneous downloads.
I originally wanted to get a second RAID system for this PC so i could transfer the new downloads quickly, but due to issue 1, I dont think that would be a good idea. my regular IDE drive does fine writing all the downloads, but i want to get my transfer speeds up. (moving 700mb files takes a while, especially if i move 4-5 at a time)
I know SCSI is built for servers, and is good at doing the multiple read/write thing. I've never had any expeirence with either SCSI or SATA. I'm wondering what would be best for my desires.
Ps, am I going to be limited by my 100mb network? if I could get 100mb i'd be thrilled! currently i think it's more like 30. also how can i measure cross system transfers?