On 24 Feb 2001, at 12:09, Bernd Sieker wrote:

> Partly with used disks from eBay.
> Probably not an option for a high-end server, though.

That depends on what capacity is needed. A 19" 5U/HE Compaq 
case with 7 hotswap bays including the 7 4.3 GB 7.200 Seagate 
UW drives will sell for about 350,-- USD. That gives a 25GB RAID 5 
array. Pretty fast! That is the price for a single 80GB ATA or a 
18GB SCSI drive. 

My customers need servers for office applications, 25GB will last 
for more than 30 NCs.

Can someone tell me how the compaq UW Raid controllers perform 
against the ones from DPT?


Thanks
mike