"Jason Chue" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The 641 is really long. Nice card but don't know if > XP is supported...
snip Hi Jason. Sorry I didn't make it more clear. I wasn't suggesting either of those cards, I was just using them for examples of the connector types. > > Anyway, if you thought I was asking about PCI-X and PCI compatibility, I was > not. I know that PCI-X cards work in PCI slots so long as the PCI slot is > keyed for 3.3V. Not all PCI-X cards do. I was trying to say the PCI-X card needs the extra cut away to fit in a PCI slot. You probably already know this too. :) > > What I was asking is if a 3 x 10k.7 RAID 0 array would saturate the normal > PCI bus and if indeed it does, would I be better off to use a U160 RAID card > which is very much cheaper... I'm not sure about that (my guess is for saturation), but I would go for the U160, just because the drives are used, and (I hope not) one could die at any time??? So make the lesser investment. Of course, you may know the history of the drives and know they are worth the extra cost. Al truly dangerous with a screwdriver: http://alanger.net
