04-09-2007, 11:25 PM
I am getting ready to implement my server in my house (a free PMG3/450 I got from my former employer with 1GB of RAM). It's a rev. 1 logic board but has two SCSI drives that it boots from. Because I just like to learn more about computers, I've decided I'd like to run a RAID configuration. For economical reasons, I've decided against getting an ATA RAID card or a SATA RAID card as I'd then have to buy new HD's as well. Ultimately my goal is to have the server serve iTunes to all the computers in the house as well as the iPhoto library and have each computer backup onto a drive (or a drive partition) on the server.
So, am what I am thinking of doing just completely idiotic for some reason I'm not seeing (like a SCSI RAID card is going to cost me as much as an ATA RAID card and two big HD's)?
Next, what would anyone recommend for a hardware SCSI RAID card?
Anything else I need to think through before trying to implement this? Please keep in mind I'm not a computer engineer, so this will all be a learning experience for me including setting up a RAID array, using SCSI hard drives and implementing a server and server software (though from an earlier suggestion from Paul F. I'll probably just be running the regular OS 10.4.x software with all the sharing capabilities enabled since I'm not operating some enterprise-class server).
Thanks for all the knowledge you guys always share!
~A
edit: I was thinking hardware RAID as I've heard mixed reviews about SoftRAID and its capabilities, is that still a fair assessment.
So, am what I am thinking of doing just completely idiotic for some reason I'm not seeing (like a SCSI RAID card is going to cost me as much as an ATA RAID card and two big HD's)?
Next, what would anyone recommend for a hardware SCSI RAID card?
Anything else I need to think through before trying to implement this? Please keep in mind I'm not a computer engineer, so this will all be a learning experience for me including setting up a RAID array, using SCSI hard drives and implementing a server and server software (though from an earlier suggestion from Paul F. I'll probably just be running the regular OS 10.4.x software with all the sharing capabilities enabled since I'm not operating some enterprise-class server).
Thanks for all the knowledge you guys always share!
~A
edit: I was thinking hardware RAID as I've heard mixed reviews about SoftRAID and its capabilities, is that still a fair assessment.