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Re: [PLUG] Re: SATA and Raid
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Just be aware that PCI-X and PCI Express are not the same thing! Most
previous server boards used PCI-X as the faster-than-PCI alternative,
but if the world moves on to PCI Express in the future, a PCI-X card
will not be compatible.
Aaron
On 1/3/06, Doug Crompton <doug@crompton.com> wrote:
> The rocketraid 2224 looks like a nice card that is well supported through
> kernel 2.6 and both web and GUI monitoring support. It is a SATA-2, PCI X4
> card but will work in a standard PCI slot. 4 internal and 4 external
> SATA-2 via infiniband connector. Price low $200's. Even though I do not
> have SATA-2 drives or a computer with PCI express to plug it into I figure
> it is worth the extra bucks to have that capability in the future.
>
> Doug
>
> On Tue, 3 Jan 2006, Eric Hidle wrote:
>
> > There has not been support for the hardware raid promise cards, only some of
> > the fake raid cards that require s/w to actually "do the raid." I've often
> > what it is about these fake raid cards that warrants associating them with
> > that acronym at all.
> >
> > I was in a yearlong battle with promise, trying to convince them to release
> > the code for their h/w raid cards, and the final reply I got from them was
> > something to the effect of "no way, no how, never in a million years, go !
> > yourself."
> >
> > I haven't used 3ware or Rocketraid. I opted for the SIIG sata card and linux
> > s/w raid, so I couldn't speak about these two, but generally I refuse to
> > believe that a company like 3Ware or Highpoint could get away with charging
> > $500 for a piece of crap for very long..
> > E
> >
>
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