Re: add-in IDE and/or SATA card recommendations

  Thanks for the suggestions.  I'll definitely check these out.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matthew Barrick" <[email protected]>
To: "New Mexico Linux Users Group Mail List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 5:42 PM
Subject: Re: [NMLUG] add-in IDE and/or SATA card recommendations


> Steve Browne wrote:
>> Matthew Barrick wrote:
>>> Ed Heron wrote:
>>>
>>>>   So, I've got this Dell PowerEdge 2500 with SCSI hardware RAID and I 
>>>> don't
>>>> have any interest in putting SCSI drives in it.  It doesn't have 
>>>> standard
>>>> IDE or SATA interfaces, so I'm looking for some recommendations on some
>>>> relatively inexpensive IDE and SATA cards that Linux likes.
>>>>
>>>>   I've got a couple of IDE drives from other systems that I'd like to 
>>>> get
>>>> some more use out of.
>>>>
>>>>   I'd like to add a couple of SATA drives because I'll be looking at 
>>>> using
>>>> this machine as a media server.  (MythTV and similar).
>>>>
>>>>   The case has lots of drive bays and once I take out the SCSI 
>>>> backplane,
>>>> there is access to the drives for power and data cable connection.
>>>>
>>>>   On a side note...  Anybody need any (3) ST318406LC drives?  Ultra3 
>>>> SCSI
>>>> 10K 18GB
>>>>
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>>>
>>> Unless you need hardware raid, I strongly recommend
>>> Supermicro 8-Port SATA Card - (DAC-SATA-MV8) see
>>> http://www.supermicro.com/products/accessories/addon/DAC-SATA-MV8.cfm
>>> for details. I got a "OEM" version maybe 6 months ago for ~$100 that
>>> came with normal and low profile brackets, and 8 high-quality cables.
>>> These are the cards you often find in Supermicro NAS boxes, very high
>>> quality, great linux support, never had trouble booting off them (even
>>> with very old bios).
>> That provides SATA ports. The Koutech IO-PSA421 provides (4) SATA II
>> ports, $60.98 shipped, from this vendor:
>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816104007
>>
>> ...If Ed is still interested.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>
> Hmmm... hadn't noticed that. The cards I have must be a newer
> revision/model, they definitely come up as 3.0Gb/s with NCQ and all
> those fun TLAs. Must admit even if they didn't given the number of boxes
> I deal with having a Supermicro part as opposed to Koutech or other
> budget brand is reassuring. Though I recognize needs differ.
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