Re: SATA pci controller
From: Paolo Alexis Falcone (pfalcone_at_localhost.localdomain)
Date: 11/16/04
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Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 22:39:59 +0800
On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 23:36:02 +0000, wrote:
> I'm looking to setup a 5 or 6 drive RAID5 array. I'm perfectly happy doing
> this with software raid, but wondered about hardware to get all those ports.
> Has anyone used the promise sata150-tx4?
> http://www.promise.com/product/product_detail_eng.asp?productId=98&familyId=3
>
> I figured I'd use one of these plus the two SATA controllers already built
> into whatever motherboard I end up using.
> I'm also looking for a sub $100 mobo with SATA and 66mhz PCI, but that's
> another story.
Warning - Promise SATA RAID is fakeraid. You're better off using Linux
kernel software raid. Of course, you could opt to use a hardware RAID card
(3ware cards come into mind) on 64bit PCI/ PCI-X slots (that would be
sweet).
-- Paolo Alexis Falcone pfalcone@free.net.ph
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