RAID CHANNELS?

[osjohnm]

Hi

We need to setup a new dev server and we will have 5 drives(i wanted 6) with a boot drive(18Gb) and then 4(36gb) drives in raid 10.
i wanted the extra drive to mirror the system drive.

Anyway do to budget contraints i need to know if it is possible to run in the above config on a single scsi channel raid card like the adaptec 2110s. I know that it supports 15 devices but can one drive run normally and the 4 others in a raid array on the one channel?

If not would a scsi raid card with 2 channels work with the array on one channel and the boot drive on the other?

Thanks

John

 

[Marie012]

IBM raid cards like the 4H would allow you to create the two arrays on one card with the 5 drives but they are expensive about 2000 bucks if memory serves, I cant remember if they are hardware specific to the IBM machines though. It will do the job and allow you to add devices hot swap if set right.

Marie