In a message dated 3/24/02 12:54:20 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

<<
I'm a little confused by the RAID references. I don't need to use this card 
as RAID do I (which means I'd need yet another drive)? Did I get the wrong 
card? 
>>

No, you don't have to use the card as a RAID card.

In fact, the card only supports RAID *if and only if* you use the supplied 
SoftRAID product.

Also, the 80-wire/40-pin cables (two are supplied with the product, one for 
each drive in a SoftRAID configuration) are single-headed, and are quite 
short. Plus, the "Y" cable is unreliable as it is usually made with the wrong 
pins.

Bottom line ... the card is a decent card, perhaps the best UATA/66 card 
made, but the 2.2.4 firmware update, while it purportedly supports OS X, also 
breaks some functions which were stable under the 1.1.2 firmware.

A generic, two-headed PeeCee-type 80-wire/40-pin cable may work better, and 
provide more flexibility than the two supplied one-headed cables.

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