[expert] RAID question-ATA133 hard disc and hard discs connection

2001-12-23 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi All People, Merry X'mas I have some further RAID questions to ask : 1) Can ATA-133 hard drive be used on RAID controller available on market such RAID 0, 1, 0+1 etc. with cable for ATA100/ATA133. No special designed controller is needed ? 2) RAID 0 If I have 6 discs and the controller h

Re: [expert] RAID question-ATA133 hard disc and hard discs connection

2001-12-23 Thread Pen Gwynne
Stephen, Let me say up front that most of my (work) experience comes from SCSI. But the principles hold for ATA drives as well. One thing that is unique to ATA drives is the fact that you get only 2 disks per channel - one master and one slave. It is also my understanding that that IDE bas