Re: I'm stupid

From: Jordan Hazen (jnh_at_aug.com)
Date: 07/19/05

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    Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 12:45:14 -0400
To: Troy Settle <troy@psknet.com>

    On Tue, Jul 19, 2005 at 12:27:50PM -0400, Troy Settle wrote:
    >
    > Ok, I'm stupid...
    >
    > I pulled some old servers out of service, one of which is a 2.8Ghz P4
    > w/HTT that I was going to turn into a web server. So, I called up one
    > of my favorite vendors and asked them for a 4 disk SATA RAID solution.
    > They came up with a really slick sounding setup:
    >
    > 3Ware 9000-something (listed as supported under 5.x)
    > 4x 80GB/8MB SATA Drives
    > Rhino (or something) hot-swap SATA cage...
    >
    > It all arrived today, and to my suprise, the 3ware card is a @#$@# 64bit
    > PCI card... not going to work in /any/ of the recycled servers I'm
    > wanting to build. I mean, come on... if I was going to invest in a
    > high-end server board with 64bit PCI slots, I wouldn't waste my time
    > with SATA, it'd be U320 all the way.

    Have you tried inserting that in a normal PCI slot, and just letting its
    64-bit extension part hang off the edge? Most such cards I've encountered
    (e.g. Adaptec & DPT RAID & SCSI controllers) will fall back to 32-bit mode
    as needed.

    The 3.3V vs. 5V slot difference smight still give you trouble. Some cards
    will accept either voltage. Those that can't will be keyed to prevent
    insertion in the wrong type of slot, so if it will physically fit, there
    should be no harm in trying. 

    --
Jordan.
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