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<blockquote data-quote="condar_1" data-source="post: 246763" data-attributes="member: 62582">Thanks Paranoid.I will open up the case and swap it over in a little bit.&nbsp; I do hope this helps...Now what about mutiple drive?&nbsp; In conjuction with upgrading motherboards and video cards (yeah, I know I'm running an older system), I was going to purchase (4) 500gb drive.Is it ok to have 1TB (two drives) per IDE cable or should I setup some NAS (network attached storage) for these new drives?&nbsp; I don't want to buy 4 new drives only to find out that 2 (the slaves) are not useable.&nbsp; I don't mind have the main system (with MP installed) setup as a &quot;head&quot; and then running another computer with something like FreeNAS or Red Hat and a few drives in it.I'm just trying to make sure I make the right decision when buying drives and components.It has crossed my mind to setup the P4 2.4 motherboard (1 gig ram) with FreeNAS and (4) 500gb drives in it.&nbsp; Then use a dual core 2-3GHz for the front end system.Any input?I thought that a dual or quad core board and processor with 4 SATA 500GB drives would be able to keep up.&nbsp; On the other hand, if I need separate IDE or SATA connections for each drive, then would network storage (on a 1000Mbps&nbsp; LAN) be more effecient?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="condar_1, post: 246763, member: 62582"] Thanks Paranoid. I will open up the case and swap it over in a little bit. I do hope this helps... Now what about mutiple drive? In conjuction with upgrading motherboards and video cards (yeah, I know I'm running an older system), I was going to purchase (4) 500gb drive. Is it ok to have 1TB (two drives) per IDE cable or should I setup some NAS (network attached storage) for these new drives? I don't want to buy 4 new drives only to find out that 2 (the slaves) are not useable. I don't mind have the main system (with MP installed) setup as a "head" and then running another computer with something like FreeNAS or Red Hat and a few drives in it. I'm just trying to make sure I make the right decision when buying drives and components. It has crossed my mind to setup the P4 2.4 motherboard (1 gig ram) with FreeNAS and (4) 500gb drives in it. Then use a dual core 2-3GHz for the front end system. Any input? I thought that a dual or quad core board and processor with 4 SATA 500GB drives would be able to keep up. On the other hand, if I need separate IDE or SATA connections for each drive, then would network storage (on a 1000Mbps LAN) be more effecient? [/QUOTE]

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