Part 2
Now let us look at some hardware in the installation. Firs the selected RAID board. The Promise FastTRAK TX2000 was my choice after doing the research for my system. Package contents include software, two (2) 80 conductor 40 pin UDMA cables, two (2) users manuals, RAID board, etc. Before the installation of the RAID there looks to be plenty of room in the case which is a MID-Tower. Now we have to find room for the HDDs. As you might know in a MID-Tower case there is not much room for 4 HDDs, you have to pack them in or do some creative placement of the items in the case to make everything work to obtain as much air flow in the case as possible. Location of the board became and issue as well because of cable length. The front of the case had an red LED added to show RAID activity, there is a place on the board to plug in the LED.
Any questions? Comments? I will address pricing and product selection in Part 3.
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