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mbpark · 08-20-2001, 06:40 PM

Yep,

you can do that with RAID. Done it a couple times here as well

Meanwhile, I suggested SCSI for the CD-RW because of the simple fact that CD-RW is designed for SCSI, and getting an 18GB drive just for swap would not be as economical.

It was a metric of judging based on performance there, and there's more to be had by hanging devices off a SCSI bus, plus he already has the card, which has support built into Win2K if I am not mistaken

. However, a faster card would be much better.

The issue here is the fact that UDMA is good for single drives, and is susceptible to other devices on the same bus, esp. in the case of CD-RW drives. I've seen too many disks turn into coasters because the drive couldn't handle heavy bus traffic, especially on MS systems.

Meanwhile, everything else sounds cool there. I'll be honest, I have an A7V with a Live! and a USB intellimouse for a reason. I'm not overly concerned with the PS/2 ports, however I know it's an issue with ASUS' implementation of the chipset. For some reason, I've been migrating everything over to USB, since it's a lot nicer for plugging things in (especially printers, mice, and PDAs), and it's got some pretty awesome driver support for above. The transfer rates are darn fine too

.

Other than that, the system pictured here should outright smoke.

08-20-2001, 06:40 PM	#8
mbpark Lecturer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Carmel, Indiana Posts: 761	Yes, you can do that with RAID Yep, you can do that with RAID. Done it a couple times here as well Meanwhile, I suggested SCSI for the CD-RW because of the simple fact that CD-RW is designed for SCSI, and getting an 18GB drive just for swap would not be as economical. It was a metric of judging based on performance there, and there's more to be had by hanging devices off a SCSI bus, plus he already has the card, which has support built into Win2K if I am not mistaken . However, a faster card would be much better. The issue here is the fact that UDMA is good for single drives, and is susceptible to other devices on the same bus, esp. in the case of CD-RW drives. I've seen too many disks turn into coasters because the drive couldn't handle heavy bus traffic, especially on MS systems. Meanwhile, everything else sounds cool there. I'll be honest, I have an A7V with a Live! and a USB intellimouse for a reason. I'm not overly concerned with the PS/2 ports, however I know it's an issue with ASUS' implementation of the chipset. For some reason, I've been migrating everything over to USB, since it's a lot nicer for plugging things in (especially printers, mice, and PDAs), and it's got some pretty awesome driver support for above. The transfer rates are darn fine too . Other than that, the system pictured here should outright smoke.