SCSI Drives

[gamerguy1]

Hello.

I recently traded some pc parts for 2 10k SCSI drives. I wanted to know if anyone could recommend some inexpensive adaptors to integrate them into a home use pc.
Waiting to see the Barcelona and new Intel processors before deciding on a form factor (motherboard/cpu combo). If anyone could point me in the direction of standard SCSI adaptors for standard motherboards it would be appreciated.

 

[RadiclDreamer]

What kind of scsi? u320 i assume?

 

[gamerguy1]

Both Drives are ultra320 scsi.


After speaking with two people regarding those drives, one said I need an scsi ribbon. The other said that I need both a controlller and a ribbon unless I buy a specific kind of server motherboard.
Are their any advantages to having a server motherboard for home use? And I think the second person is correct regarding needing a controller for the drives. Was he correct?

Thanks.

 

[montag451]

You will need a controller, that is why Radic was asking - as in which controller....

Go for a known brand - like Promise or Adaptec.
Will you be using RAID, if so, which flavour - I personally don't recommend RAID0.
What will you be doing with your system?
Game/office/fiddling etc?

 

[mechBgon]

If the drives are 68-pin drives (as opposed to 80-pin, where power and data share one hot-pluggable connector) then get an Ultra320 LVD cable and terminator (termination is important).

To mention a couple basic controllers, the Adaptec 19160 and the LSI Logic U160 would be cheap and easy to find used, and Windows XP onward has drivers built in for them, so there's no fussing with floppies during installation. While they're "only" Ultra160 cards, the bandwidth of the Ultra160 bus exceeds the bandwidth of your entire 32-bit PCI bus, so hey. I've used both myself, with U160 and U320 drives.

 

[gamerguy1]

All the help is appreciated.

I am going to be using the system for Games, family school use, movies and general websurfing. Possibly a NWN2 server for no more than 10 people at a time with my regular broadband connection.

 

[gamerguy1]

Just curious.

Are modern motherboards (non server boards) ie Asus, Intel, Abit etc. with the new processors as stable as previous generation server motherboards (from a year or 2 ago). Wanted this new system to eventually run a private server for a FPS or NWN. And will they run faster (less lag) than old game servers?
Was planning on building a DDR2 platform. But it also needs to be a backup for the computer already built.

In other words, are the new technologies (non server) capable of running as servers?