Well, fitting 6 IDE drives in a case is just about as tough as
fitting 6 SCSI disks in there. I would use a full tower case, and stack the
drives in the expansion bays. Maybe use some copper strapping to hold them
close. Adding connectors to the ribbon cable isn't that hard either. In
other words, handy(wo)men, like me, could make it happen.

	Basically, cable length (and cost) nowadays is what seperates SCSI
from IDE. That seems to be the only _big_ differences, now with the birth of
IDE RAID cards. Yes, there are performance differences, but that depends on
your setup and use.

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-> -----Original Message-----
-> From: Jon Lindgren [mailto:jlindgren@slk.com]
-> Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 9:59 AM
-> To: Diana Eichert
-> Cc: port-i386@netbsd.org
-> Subject: Re: recommended systems
-> 
-> 
-> On Thu, 19 Apr 2001, Diana Eichert wrote:
-> 
-> > Speaking of IDE, the 3ware RAID card is an intersting 
-> alternative using
-> > IDE.
-> 
-> Absolutely.  Does anyone who has used one have comments 
-> about it?  I'm
-> particularly concerned about the cable length issue... I 
-> still can't see
-> fitting 6 drives in a case _easily_, but I suppose it could be hacked
-> somehow.
-> 
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-> Jon
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