SCSI RAID Enclosure Questions

[dariushou12]

I have a 5 Ultra160 SCSI drives that i would like to put in their on enclosure. There will be two raid setups both RAID 0. I already have a RAID controller, but i have a few questions regarding external enclosures. My questions are these:

1)Since i simply want to hook up the drives to the external connectors on the internal RAID card, i would think all i need is a SCSI enclosure and not the high dollar RAID ones.

2) Since i need two independent channels, will scsi enclosures have to connectors on the enclosure to do this.

3) I have never seen or played around with external scsi enclosures and any info on this would be greatly appreciated including suggestions on ones to buy.

Thanks,

Darius

 

[dariushou12]

could i please get some help in this area. I really need it.

Thanks ahead of time

Darius

 

[dariushou12]

I really need some advice in this area as i'm a newbie. By the way question two should read:

2) Since i need two independent channels for the two raid setups, i need a scsi enclosure that has independent external u160 connectors on the enclosure to do this.

 

[ProviaFan]

Originally posted by: dariushou12
I really need some advice in this area as i'm a newbie. By the way question two should read:

2) Since i need two independent channels for the two raid setups, i need a scsi enclosure that has independent external u160 connectors on the enclosure to do this.

I believe you would be correct on #2, at least in theory. Number one is probably correct, too. I've not played with this stuff in real life either, so sorry I can't be much help.