Use inexpensive IDE drives to provide RAID speed and fault-tolerance in PC workstations and small business servers. The StarTech.com PCI Ultra ATA/100 IDE RAID Controller Card... more
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with the StarTech.com PATA2SATA, an IDE to SATA upgrade kit. This dual channel bridge lets you connect two high-speed SATA drives without the cost and effort of upgrading your IDE (Parallel ATA) motherboard. With up to 150 MBytes/sec fast data transfer, improved airflow inside your case, and enhanced data integrity and security, you get all the benefits of a SATA system at a fraction of the cost. StarTech.com has included a power connector and a SATA data transfer cable to make your upgrade to SATA even easier.
with the StarTech.com PATA2SATA, an IDE to SATA upgrade kit. This dual channel bridge lets you connect two high-speed SATA drives without the cost and effort of upgrading your IDE (Parallel ATA) motherboard. With up to 150 MBytes/sec fast data transfer, improved airflow inside your case, and enhanced data integrity and security, you get all the benefits of a SATA system at a fraction of the cost. StarTech.com has included a power connector and a SATA data transfer cable to make your upgrade to SATA even easier.
ATA to IDE adapter. Compatible with most SATA controllers and IDE 33/66/100/133 drives, this adapter lets you connect your older IDE hard drives to your new SATA interface. With simple Plug and Play installation, you'll be using your IDE hard drive or ATAPI device in no time.
ATA to IDE adapter. Compatible with most SATA controllers and IDE 33/66/100/133 drives, this adapter lets you connect your older IDE hard drives to your new SATA interface. With simple Plug and Play installation, you'll be using your IDE hard drive or ATAPI device in no time.Main Features:Compatible with any Serial ATA controllerConnect any IDE hard drive and most ATAPI devices to Serial ATA deviceLED indicators contiu...
ATA to IDE adapter. Compatible with most SATA controllers and IDE 33/66/100/133 drives, this adapter lets you connect your older IDE hard drives to your new SATA interface. With simple Plug and Play installation, you'll be using your IDE hard drive or ATAPI device in no time.
OS Required: Microsoft Windows 95/98, Microsoft Windows 2000 / NT4.0, Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition, Microsoft Windows XP
Manufacturer's product description
Use inexpensive IDE drives to provide RAID speed and fault-tolerance in PC workstations and small business servers. The StarTech.com PCI Ultra ATA/100 IDE RAID Controller Card provides an inexpensive way for users to increase the speed or fault-tolerance of their PC. RAID levels 0 (striping), 1 (mirroring) and 0+1 (mirroring a stripe set) are supported on up to 4 IDE drives. The card supports Ultra ATA/100 hard drives for maximum performance, but is also compatible with older drives. This card is the perfect solution for adding the redundancy of mirroring to small business file servers, or improving the drive speed on workstations with striping.
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Service & Support: Limited lifetime warranty
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Service & Support Details: Limited warranty - parts and labour - lifetime
Advantages: online capacity expansion, deals with hard disc problems better Disadvantages: slow compared to software RAID
...recommend upgrading to current firmware and 2.16 storcon utl (both are on www.intel.com. There is a linux version of the 2.16 storcon, but it was hard to find!)
With initial installation on a Gigabyte GA7 motherboard and Adaptec 2940AU SCSI controller, the problems with onboard intel BIOS / adaptec 2940AU and mobo BIOS reared it's ugly head.
I could not for the life of me with all the PCI juggling, IRQ remapping and BIOS remapping options get it to boot with a Adaptec SCSI card and Intel RAID card. I asked a friend about his setup, and he had no problems (he was running a Intel serverboard with his SRCS14L)
My problem was solved by removing SCSI from system completely and migrating to IDE bootup drives (which was such a pain on linux!)
Current drivers are 2.05 which are included since the 2.4.19 kernel.
As with all RAIDcontrollers...
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Advantages: Fast speed, great looks Disadvantages: Slighty noisy operation on startup
...ICY BOX can be considered as a top-end hard disc enclosure with sophisticated looks and a great finish it creates a very modern look complete with neon blue lights on its edges.
I bought the ICY BOUGHT to install a 250 GB Maxtor hard disk I bought to act as extra storage space for my laptop, whose 100 GB had filled up quickly with a growing collection of media files. The plug and play nature also lets me transfer large files between PCs and my laptop if needed.
Installation of a hard disc is very easy thanks to easy access provided by the four thumb screws which are simply to remove by hand. The IDE and power cables then simply slot into the appropiate slots on the rear of the hard disc.
The enclosure is for a 3.5" hard drive with ATA-133 connectivity. The device is a nice size to sit on a desk with dimensions of 11.7 cm (h...
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Advantages: Fast speed, great looks Disadvantages: Slighty noisy operation on startup
...ICY BOX can be considered as a top-end hard disc enclosure with sophisticated looks and a great finish it creates a very modern look complete with neon blue lights on its edges.
I bought the ICY BOUGHT to install a 250 GB Maxtor hard disk I bought to act as extra storage space for my laptop, whose 100 GB had filled up quickly with a growing collection of media files. The plug and play nature also lets me transfer large files between PCs and my laptop if needed.
Installation of a hard disc is very easy thanks to easy access provided by the four thumb screws which are simply to remove by hand. The IDE and power cables then simply slot into the appropiate slots on the rear of the hard disc.
The enclosure is for a 3.5" hard drive with ATA-133 connectivity. The device is a nice size to sit on a desk with dimensions of 11.7 cm (h) x...
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Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful
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