Koutech RAID ATA133 now $23+free ship Dealsonic

[ElectricLegs]

No problem mixing drives of any sort or cache size. Performance is limited by the slowest drive though. Be sure to put each drive in a striped pair on separate cables. IE: 2 masters striped together and 2 slaves striped together. Using "Cable Select" often boosts performance a bit too.

This chipset supports the 66PCI bus though I don't see the extra slot for the lower voltage PCI standard on this card. Eyeball some of the others at Pricewatch if you need it. If you're really concerned I'd spend a bit more and get the Highpoint card. There's a good chance your next mainboard will use the same brand chipset and you can move the drives to it without losing data.

 

[MetroRider]

Originally posted by: wyattboyuz
So far, I'm pretty happy with it. (Kind of a pain to set up though, having to use Ghost for the first time and find a boot disk online that would work with the Dell 4550 Intel Pro 100 VE network card, and doing all this after I pretty recently reformatted and reinstalled XP.)

It's true, having to make a DOS network boot-up disk is hard to do for just one nic alone, let alone all the different types of pc's with different nics in them. That is why I know use Acronis TrueImage 6.0 for my imaging needs. It has a multitude of drivers for different nics, which I use as a boot-up disk whenever creating or restoring an image of my pc. It has a great WinXP interface that lets you connect to any of your networked shares.

For more information about it, go to
Acronis TrueImage 6.0

enjoy and good luck!

 

[slikk]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the latest Linux kernel come with software RAID?

There would be no need for this RAID card.

 

[SpideyCU]

slikk, that's exactly what I was thinking. I tried to found out the advantages to using a card vs. just letting Linux handle it altogether, but didn't get a clear answer.

 

[Sbrowne]

A random search shows this (SIL0680) is for sale for $17.98 (free shipping) under the name "Syba" at Abysstek:

http://www.abysstek.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=1_183_185&products_id=350

It's a good card. I'm using it right now with WinME and Linux Mandrake 9.1.

Steve

 

[aka1nas]

Sbrowne, can this card be used for a RAID 0 array that you can view from both Linux and Windows? I have been trying to find a way to do that with my adaptec 1200a and it seems like it can't be done.

 

[genius99]

Any idea why on DealSonic.com it says:

Package contents:
? One (1) Ultra ATA/133 PCI card (IOFUTURE-PIR133)


And on Koutech.com it says:

Package contents:
? One (1) Ultra ATA/133 PCI card (IOFLEX-PIR133)

Is DealSonic.com selling the correct model card?

 

[Sbrowne]

Originally posted by: aka1nas
Sbrowne, can this card be used for a RAID 0 array that you can view from both Linux and Windows? I have been trying to find a way to do that with my adaptec 1200a and it seems like it can't be done.

I don't use it for RAID; I use it to add four ATAPI devices (CD-ROM, DVD). Sorry.

Steve