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lastmile77
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I've got a 4-drive LaCie F800 USB/FW400/FW800 RAID attached to my iMac that I'm using to store DVD backups and other video. Right now its 4x 250GB in a RAID 5. I want something bigger and while I could get 4x 1TB but I don't want to bother buying another 1 TB to store the data during the swap. Plus I'd just like more room to grow.
Some of the older SCSI interface RAIDs that take ATA drives internally have gotten pretty cheap. A Promise UltraTrak SX8000 would be great plus they look cool.
It takes up to 8 drives and the RAID can be expanded as extra drives are added unlike the LaCie. So I don't have to spring for 8TB all at once. Can't use it on the iMac but there I've got other system with SCSI.
But they take ATA drives and I'd really prefer to use 1TB SATAs.
I'm wondering if anybody has used SATA-ATA adapters with any Promise products (controller card or external array)? I've seen some posts along these lines but nobody who's actually tried it.
I'm thinking that or buy newer SATA sleds but without pics I can't tell if the backplane connections would be the same. I've seen sleds for single removable drive setups that look the same but lack the locking mechanism. So I'm thinking I'd swap the SATA-backplane interface boards into the original sleds.
Of course Promise is no help, only saying that only ATA drives are supported.
I don't put much stock in that or plenty of the other "not supported" claims I've heard. The LaCie RAID was actually built from a smashed F800 and a new S1S. Seems nobody wants the eSATA only S1S but the multi-interface versions are expensive. So a beat up F800 with no drives plus a new S1S with 4x 250GB and 30 min becomes a fully working, new looking F800. Connection to my SX8000 question is that the S1S drives and sleds were SATA while the F800 used ATA drives (though I only got empty sleds with mine).
Doesn't mean it will work with the Promise but it seems like there's a good chance. But confirmation from somebody else's success is always nice.
Promise SX8000 External RAID Array Datasheet (actually datasheet for the whole family of arrays)
Some of the older SCSI interface RAIDs that take ATA drives internally have gotten pretty cheap. A Promise UltraTrak SX8000 would be great plus they look cool.
It takes up to 8 drives and the RAID can be expanded as extra drives are added unlike the LaCie. So I don't have to spring for 8TB all at once. Can't use it on the iMac but there I've got other system with SCSI.But they take ATA drives and I'd really prefer to use 1TB SATAs.
I'm wondering if anybody has used SATA-ATA adapters with any Promise products (controller card or external array)? I've seen some posts along these lines but nobody who's actually tried it.
I'm thinking that or buy newer SATA sleds but without pics I can't tell if the backplane connections would be the same. I've seen sleds for single removable drive setups that look the same but lack the locking mechanism. So I'm thinking I'd swap the SATA-backplane interface boards into the original sleds.
Of course Promise is no help, only saying that only ATA drives are supported.
I don't put much stock in that or plenty of the other "not supported" claims I've heard. The LaCie RAID was actually built from a smashed F800 and a new S1S. Seems nobody wants the eSATA only S1S but the multi-interface versions are expensive. So a beat up F800 with no drives plus a new S1S with 4x 250GB and 30 min becomes a fully working, new looking F800. Connection to my SX8000 question is that the S1S drives and sleds were SATA while the F800 used ATA drives (though I only got empty sleds with mine).
Doesn't mean it will work with the Promise but it seems like there's a good chance. But confirmation from somebody else's success is always nice.
Promise SX8000 External RAID Array Datasheet (actually datasheet for the whole family of arrays)