Trying to use ATA 66 drives with an EIDE Raid controller is like putting a VW bug engine into a Camero. Looks great, but will only run so fast.
John Tolmachoff Engineer/Consultant/Owner eServices For You > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:IMail_Forum- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Evan Heller > Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 8:25 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] OT - IDE Raid cards > > SATA requires newer SATA harddrives don't they? > > I have several 40 gig and 80 gig hard drives that are ATA 66-100 that I > would like to use for the raid array. I need to do this on the less > expensive side since I already invested enough money in scsi hardware for > the machine. > > -Evan > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Tolmachoff (Lists)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 9:03 PM > Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] OT - IDE Raid cards > > > As Jeffery said, Promise cards are well known. For my workstation, I have > a > MB with an OB Promise EIDE ATA 133 raid controller, as well as a Silicon > Image SATA raid controller. > > That brings another idea, have you looked at SATA Raid cards? > > John Tolmachoff > Engineer/Consultant/Owner > eServices For You > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:IMail_Forum- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Evan Heller > > Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 2:23 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [IMail Forum] OT - IDE Raid cards > > > > Hi: > > > > I'm looking for opinions on what IDE raid cards are good performers and > > cost > > wise what is suggested. I'm looking to do simple mirroring and the > ability > > to have 4 or more drives. Yes, I understand IDE raid is not as good as > > SCSI > > raid at the moment and I do use SCSI raid for my primary systems, but I > > would like to implement an IDE raid for backup purposes. I currently use > a > > scsi perc 3 card with 128 megs of memory so I'm used to the feature set > of > > a > > card of that type. > > > > So what do you guys recommend? Please list features/cost . Thanks a > bunch > > > > -Evan > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > > List Archive: http://www.mail- > archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
