I currently have one Maxtor Atlas 10K IV SCSI hard drive (model 8B036LO) which is a 68-pin U320 drive. I am using a SIIG adapter card (model AP-40 SCSI Pro) on Windows XP. I'll be upgrading to Vista as soon as it comes out, on an Asus motherboard (model M2NPV-VM). I would like to buy an additional drive and a new adapter card in order to do RAID mirroring with this drive.
I'm a little lost, and I don't know what controller card to buy. The motherboard has 1 PCI Express x16 slot, 1 PCI Express x1 slot, and 2 PCI slots. It has onboard video, which I will eventually replace with a real PCI Express video card.
Fast, redundant SCSI is more important to me than fast graphics, so I can take the best slot for the controller if that helps.
I'm noticing that some SCSI cards are around $100 while others are around $800. I just want to have two SCSI drives and mirror them. What's the best plan? I don't want to spend a lot on this solution if I can help it.
Thanks in advance for your help!
I'm a little lost, and I don't know what controller card to buy. The motherboard has 1 PCI Express x16 slot, 1 PCI Express x1 slot, and 2 PCI slots. It has onboard video, which I will eventually replace with a real PCI Express video card.
Fast, redundant SCSI is more important to me than fast graphics, so I can take the best slot for the controller if that helps.
I'm noticing that some SCSI cards are around $100 while others are around $800. I just want to have two SCSI drives and mirror them. What's the best plan? I don't want to spend a lot on this solution if I can help it.
Thanks in advance for your help!
