| Posted by bla4free, 03-07-2008, 12:26 AM | | Hi. We are going to offer web space to our students and we want to build a new server just for this purpose. We were looking at buying a storage array, a RAID card, and a server. I have no problems building a server; however, I have never built anything with an external enclosure. I am thinking about buying this storage array:
www newegg com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816702010
I plan on installing hard drives in every drive bay for a total of 12 drives.
The problem I'm having is I don't know what type of RAID card to buy. I saw this one; but, I don't know if it will work with this storage array.
www newegg com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816116062
Thanks so much for any light you can shed on this! I apologize for the link but I do not have enough posts insert URLs.
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| Posted by NWSTech, 03-07-2008, 03:19 AM | | have you checked the special deals with that storage rack - t suggests a package including the raid card (which is http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16816151025 on its own)
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| Posted by bla4free, 03-07-2008, 08:19 AM | | Thanks for the response.Where would that card go? In the storage array or the server? I don't see any external ports on that card. Does it matter?
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| Posted by AmyWilliams, 03-07-2008, 06:20 PM | | I think you only need the Raid card if you are storing the hard-drives inside the server. The external storage device should have Raid capability built-in.
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| Posted by bla4free, 03-07-2008, 09:34 PM | | If it has RAID capability already built in, how would I connect it to the server? I plan on using a dual Xeon motherboard, 8 GB RAM, and a Supermicro server case. How can I connect this storage array to my server? I was reading the manufacturer's product page on their website and I did not see anything about RAID capabilities. Here's the manufacturer's page:
www raidage com/products/mage212u403ms.aspx
EDIT: Maybe I'm using the wrong type of storage array. Does anyone else have any suggestions?
Last edited by bla4free; 03-07-2008 at 09:42 PM.
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| Posted by dysk, 03-13-2008, 08:11 PM | | You'll need a host bus adapter for whatever interface the external raid controller uses. You're probably looking at eSata.
Also, don't rule out a rack server with a lot of hard drives, for example http://www.supermicro.com/products/c...36TQ-R800V.cfm
Have a look at Promise, and others.
Regards,
Erek Dyskant
Last edited by dysk; 03-13-2008 at 08:19 PM.
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| Posted by dysk, 03-13-2008, 08:15 PM | | The enclosure you're looking at is not a raid array. It's just an external JBOD enclosure, so you'd need a host bus adapter with RAID to use this box.
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