Need advice on entry level SCSI RAID cards and drives

[thirdlegstump]

Looking for a simple 36GB mirrored array for some basic file sharing duties. SATA or IDE is not an option. I need absolute stability and good reliability. Just need mirroring with 2 drives and nothing more. Would like the ability to add drives to increase storage on the same adapter though. What should I be looking to spend?
I'm looking to get a pair of these drives:
http://www.newegg.com/app/View...22-111-124&depa=0

I'm also looking for normal PCI SCSI RAID cards that would work in an existing P4 box that has a normal desktop board, not a server board with PCIX or 66mhz bus.
Also a primer on SCSI termination would be great. Any suggestions would be helpful. Thanks.

 

[mechBgon]

How about a $135 LSI Logic 21320R? That's a retail-boxed kit with one cable & terminator included, and it's a dual-channel card. It works in PCI-X or PCI slots. That looks like a good value to me, since a good-quality SCSI cable & terminator can set you back $45 by themselves.

The terminator goes on the far end of the cable from the card, and that's about all you need to know for what you've got cookin'

 

[thirdlegstump]

That looks good man. Thanks a million. Are the Seagate drives I mentioned above compatible with the card? I know some of these controllers have different pin counts like 68pin...just checking to make sure before I bite the bullet.

 

[Zepper]

There are 36GB SCSI drives out there for much less than that. I'll be getting one (10k U160) for under $60. shortly. You just need to do a little searching with Froogle, etc.
. The standard connection for wide SCSI is 68-pin. The only other is 80-pin SCA which is mainly for hot swap cages, but can be adapted to 68-pin (and are usually a bit cheaper but you have to add the adapter cost - some places give you a free adapter w/ an SCA drive). Hint, hint...
.bh.

:moon:

 

[thirdlegstump]

Zepper, let me know when you find one for $60 : )

 

[thirdlegstump]

In general, are Seagate SCSI drives the most reliable? How about Fujitsu and others?

 

[Zepper]

I have already found it or would never have mentioned , but am not going to share in public until I have my order pinned down... And there's always eBay.
. I don't know of any SCSI drives in general that are all that unreliable (except perhaps for WD). Maybe a model here or there. Check the storagereview.com reliability database.
.bh.

 

[thirdlegstump]

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