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Re: [PLUG] Re: SATA and Raid
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On Tue, Jan 03, 2006 at 11:35:43PM -0500, Aaron Mulder wrote:
> On 1/3/06, Toby DiPasquale <toby@cbcg.net> wrote:
> > AFAIK, most PCIe boards can accept PCI-X cards in PCIe slots. Intel's can,
> > anyway.
>
> Really? That's cool. But it has to depend on the speed of the slot,
> right? I mean, the x1 PCI Express slots are only like 1" long, and a
> PCI-X slot is huge.
>
> Hmm -- I'm not so sure I believe you. For example,
>
> http://intel.com/design/servers/boards/se7525gp2/index.htm
>
> The PCI Express and PCI-X slots are separate on that one. But it's
> the only one I checked. :)
>
> Anyway, regarding Doug's point on 533 MHz PCI-X, the fastest card I've
> actually seen is 64-bit 133Mhz, but perhaps they're building them to
> the faster spec now.
I'm just going by what Dell told me...
--
Toby DiPasquale
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