Exian Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 Do you know what cheap (below $30 for new) PCI ATA (not SATA) RAID controllers are working 100% with Mac OS? With RAID features working, of course. Rare info, unfortunately. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/20307-cheap-pci-ata-raid-controllers/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdwl Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 none. RAID is interesting as it requires both BIOS support and OS support. The only ATA RAID cards are from Sonnet and other Mac specific companies - and they are not cheap. The whole range of cards are available from OtherWorldComputing - but who knows how these will react in PC's (all were designed for PPC Mac's)... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/20307-cheap-pci-ata-raid-controllers/#findComment-133861 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exian Posted June 23, 2006 Author Share Posted June 23, 2006 none. RAID is interesting as it requires both BIOS support and OS support Damned. Never thought that all is so terrible. And what for PC with Mac OS on top? I need to run 5-6 HDDs with Mac OS, doesn't matter if it is PC or MacIntel. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/20307-cheap-pci-ata-raid-controllers/#findComment-133867 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdwl Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 OS X has software RAID built in. Of you can use SoftRaid (the software) both work admirably. Currently Pro's are going for external e-sata RAID arrays - fast + unlimited numbers of drives. Any external e-sata box that has onboard raid hardware will work... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/20307-cheap-pci-ata-raid-controllers/#findComment-134596 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exian Posted June 25, 2006 Author Share Posted June 25, 2006 Wanted to fit into existing hard disk hardware (several ITE cards). But thanks, nice info. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/20307-cheap-pci-ata-raid-controllers/#findComment-134932 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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