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Santilli
05-22-2002, 02:12 AM
Hi
I've figured out the cards work, and don't need a dedicated slot.

They have a really nice annoying alarm, to let you know if the drives have failed.

They are LVD, and, I'm wondering if using these with a 440 BX chipset is somehow chipset limited? In other words, are the 440 BX chipseted motherboards capable of 75 MB sec data transfer rates?

Thanks

gs
Santilli
05-22-2002, 02:15 AM
mb of ram???

gs
P5-133XL
05-22-2002, 03:36 AM
The BX chipset will easily maintain 75MB/s over a PCI bus
Platform
05-23-2002, 12:05 AM
mb of ram???
If you're just running a simple RAID-0 or RAID-1 array, all you need is a 2MB or at most 4 MB DIMM.

RAID-3 and RAID-5 operates more efficiently during heavy workloads with more RAM; 16MB, 32MB, 64MB and the most common DIMMs supplied with conrollers setup for RAID-3 or RAID-5.
James
05-23-2002, 01:22 AM
Gary, let me introduce you to Greg's habit of putting half his post in the subject field. Annoying, isn't it?

Greg, I have no basis to estimate 2nd hand pricing for those cards in the US, but on a pure bang-for-buck estimate it looks pretty fair.