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SATA+PATA raid?

Malogato

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Is there a 32BIT/33mhz/pci - (you know.. standard pci, not pci-x, pci-e, etc..) raid controller that would let me run a raid array (one volume) across 4+ drives, two of which are pata, and two of which are sata?
 
You could also just use XP's dynamic volume to expand across multiple disks without any additional hardware.. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308424&sd=tech
"To increase the size of a simple volume or a spanned volume after you create it, you can extend it by adding unallocated free space on the same (or another) dynamic disk."

But like RAID 0, data integrity is not enhanced with this method.

==>Lazn
 
I was actually going to use it for raid1..

I'm still looking, thinking of looking for a raid5 card with the same capabilities.

I'm thinking I can convert sata->pata or pata->sata and maybe get an all-sata card, and when I can, replace the pata drives with sata drives.

I've got 4 drives, all the same size, just 2 are sata, 2 are pata
 
What motherboard do you have? I know some Intel chipsets can do RAID 1 (or 0) between PATA and SATA drives. So you might not have to purchase anything..

And I was using a converter for about a year, then it started giving me trouble (PATA drive on a SATA controller) and I removed it.. then I went to a new SATA drive, and moved the old PATA drive to a 2nd system.

==>Lazn
 
Also with 4 drives, and RAID 1.. why not just RAID the two PATA together, and the two SATA together.. Because if you RAID all 4 into one RAID 1 volume, you would have the total capacity of 1 drive, and 3 could fail before you lost data.. lol

EG: 120GB x 4 in RAID 1 = 120GB total.

==>Lazn
 
Lazn_Work said:
Also with 4 drives, and RAID 1.. why not just RAID the two PATA together, and the two SATA together.. Because if you RAID all 4 into one RAID 1 volume, you would have the total capacity of 1 drive, and 3 could fail before you lost data.. lol

EG: 120GB x 4 in RAID 1 = 120GB total.

==>Lazn


Well, it would have been raid 0+1 actually.

4 x 160 = 320gb

System in question is dell sc420 server

raid 0 or 1 on sata
nothing on pata
pata is just basically, for the optical drives, etc..
have been considering

Raid 1 on sata (160gb total from 2 160gb seagates)
and raid1 on pata via a controller card with just ide ports for 160gb there too.
two seperate volumes.
 
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