Re: [exs] Digest Number 250
2001-06-18 by Thomas
>From: david@... >Subject: Raid0 for IDE? > >I thought I heard someone talking the other day about Raid0 for IDE >drives. What is this all about, is it true? Can anyone point me toward >info, and cost of this system? There are about a dozen different IDE RAID 0/1 solutions out there. I bought the Promise FastTrakTX2 for about $100. It uses two Ultra ATA/100 drives. Check it out: http://www.megahaus.com/tech/promise/raid/specs/fasttraktx2_spec.shtml Working great for me in RAID 0 mode with two 30GB 7200 rpm IBM drives. Promise also makes a RAID 5 IDE controller for about $400, if you want to go totally nuts. IDE RAID is a beautiful thing because it gets an incredible amount of bang out of cheap hardware -- a fast 120GB storage + 30GB parity system possible for about $1100. T