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Originally Posted by adam525
Does anyone know of a good parallel ATA RAID controller that _isn't_ PCI-64? I looked at the 3ware Escalade 7506 and the 4-port model would be perfect. The thing is, I don't have any PCI-64 slots in the machine the controller is going in.
Does anyone know of a 4-6 port PATA RAID controller that isn't PCI-64?
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IIRC, and according to a quick once-over of the docs (
http://www.3ware.com/support/UserDocs/7000IG_042903.pdf page 10) you can run up to the 8 port PATA Escalade on a 32bit PCI slot. It is a 64-bit card, but fits in a 32-bit slot (with a lot of overhang - a 64 bit PCI is pretty much 2 32bit PCIs next to one another).
I know I've run a 64 bit RAID card in a 32 bit slot... Don't remember if it was the 3ware or Promise (Promise is crap, btw), but it did work & worked just dandy.
