The promise cards are nice. You can buy the cheap ata/66 ones and add one
resistor to convert them into their fastrack hardware RAID controller. See:
http://www.geocities.com/promise_raid/english.htm
The cards only cost about $25 on pricewatch.com. So you can get two
hardware RAID IDE controllers for $60-70 all in.
Cheers,
Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kent Nilsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 11:07 AM
Subject: Which IDE controller
> Hello,
>
> I'm setting up a box with 8 IDE disks, and I need a secondary
> controller that can be used in addition to the onboard one. It's gotta
> be cheap, too. What's the best solution on a ca. $80 budget? Can
> any of these controllers work with more controllers (like 2
> controllers + internal = 12 IDE disks)?
>
> I've already looked at the hardware IDE raid boxes, too expensive
> for this home test project.
>
> Thanks in advance for any tips!
>
> O/T Question: Does anyone know any programs for Linux to
> change the byte order of a windows binary file? We've got a small
> self-developed "database" in a binary file, and we need to read info
> from it using Linux.
>
> Have a nice day!
>
> Kent R. Nilsen
>
>
