Forum OpenACS Q&A: Re: cheap Dell servers for next 4 days

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Posted by Randy Ferrer on
I wonder why Dell offers a U160 PCI SCSI Adapter Card rather than a U320??? In theory it should be ok to mix newer drives with older host adapters, but of course you will be limited by the older, generally slower technology. So if you put the U320 together with a U160 card your results will be suboptimal. U320 is still evolving and the U320 drives are now just starting to become widely available, so I think the card is an option in case you have U160 drives you might want to hook into the box. As Don mentions, if you truly need massive storage, you would go for a larger server, so I don't quite see the point otherwise. They don't charge extra for it if you noticed. Anyway, I don't think that the PCI SCSI Adapter Card is necessary if you get the U320 drive.