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#31
January 14th 10, 12:27 AM
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Ever a limit on hard-drives?
Of course there is a limit!
Power Supply capability Number of available drive interfaces OPS System Support BIOS Support Physical space or arrangement limits Older P/Cs may not have 6 SATA ports, or BIOS support for very large Drives. Older OPS systems may not support very large drives. "Big Box" Store bought P/Cs may have low capacity Power Supplies. Older MBDs may need a BIOS update. I remember a video on the web showing a nutcase that decided to connect a large number of drives--as I remember the total was about 27. No, they didn't fit in a case. On 1/2/2010 5:56 PM, Brian V wrote: Is there ever a limit to how many hard-drives you want to internally install into a computer? I understand you need a certain amount or ports on your motherboard and the connectors from the power supply or additional ones from an expansion slot. eg: Can I put a 1.5 terabyte drive into an older computer if I really wanted to? Or if the computer had 6 ports and six connectors, can I put in 1.5Tb x 6? 
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January 14th 10, 12:27 AM
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Ever a limit on hard-drives?
Of course there is a limit!
Power Supply capability Number of available drive interfaces OPS System Support BIOS Support Physical space or arrangement limits Older P/Cs may not have 6 SATA ports, or BIOS support for very large Drives. Older OPS systems may not support very large drives. "Big Box" Store bought P/Cs may have low capacity Power Supplies. Older MBDs may need a BIOS update. I remember a video on the web showing a nutcase that decided to connect a large number of drives--as I remember the total was about 27. No, they didn't fit in a case. On 1/2/2010 5:56 PM, Brian V wrote: Is there ever a limit to how many hard-drives you want to internally install into a computer? I understand you need a certain amount or ports on your motherboard and the connectors from the power supply or additional ones from an expansion slot. eg: Can I put a 1.5 terabyte drive into an older computer if I really wanted to? Or if the computer had 6 ports and six connectors, can I put in 1.5Tb x 6?
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#33
January 14th 10, 03:05 AM
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Ever a limit on hard-drives?
Chuck wrote:
Of course there is a limit! Power Supply capability Number of available drive interfaces OPS System Support BIOS Support Physical space or arrangement limits Older P/Cs may not have 6 SATA ports, or BIOS support for very large Drives. Older OPS systems may not support very large drives. "Big Box" Store bought P/Cs may have low capacity Power Supplies. Older MBDs may need a BIOS update. I remember a video on the web showing a nutcase that decided to connect a large number of drives--as I remember the total was about 27. No, they didn't fit in a case. You can get computer cases with room to store a fairly large number of drives. This one holds 24 drives. With the right RAID card or two, you can have access to all of them. http://www.servercase.com/Merchant2/...ory_Code=Super Paul On 1/2/2010 5:56 PM, Brian V wrote: Is there ever a limit to how many hard-drives you want to internally install into a computer? I understand you need a certain amount or ports on your motherboard and the connectors from the power supply or additional ones from an expansion slot. eg: Can I put a 1.5 terabyte drive into an older computer if I really wanted to? Or if the computer had 6 ports and six connectors, can I put in 1.5Tb x 6?
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January 14th 10, 03:05 AM
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Ever a limit on hard-drives?
Chuck wrote:
Of course there is a limit! Power Supply capability Number of available drive interfaces OPS System Support BIOS Support Physical space or arrangement limits Older P/Cs may not have 6 SATA ports, or BIOS support for very large Drives. Older OPS systems may not support very large drives. "Big Box" Store bought P/Cs may have low capacity Power Supplies. Older MBDs may need a BIOS update. I remember a video on the web showing a nutcase that decided to connect a large number of drives--as I remember the total was about 27. No, they didn't fit in a case. You can get computer cases with room to store a fairly large number of drives. This one holds 24 drives. With the right RAID card or two, you can have access to all of them. http://www.servercase.com/Merchant2/...ory_Code=Super Paul On 1/2/2010 5:56 PM, Brian V wrote: Is there ever a limit to how many hard-drives you want to internally install into a computer? I understand you need a certain amount or ports on your motherboard and the connectors from the power supply or additional ones from an expansion slot. eg: Can I put a 1.5 terabyte drive into an older computer if I really wanted to? Or if the computer had 6 ports and six connectors, can I put in 1.5Tb x 6?
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