Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:06:48 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: Anton - Valqk <lists@lozenetz.org> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help choosing a good PCI PIDE controller Message-ID: <20080312110648.GA58063@owl.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <47D7B223.6080108@lozenetz.org> References: <47D7B223.6080108@lozenetz.org>
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On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 12:36:19PM +0200, Anton - Valqk wrote: > Hi there group, > I have a P 233MHZ machine running as rouer, > I have attached a second drive for a storage but the IDE controller on the > mother board is very old and slow (UDMA33). > The disk is new and have 16MB cache, but the IDE is very slow and have very > bad performace - about 1.3MB/s. > I want to attach a PCI PATA IDE controller (I'm running 6.3) that will be > rock solid. > can you please recommend me a good card? I have had good experiences with the Promise Ultra100 TX2. The Promise Ultra133 TX2 should be even better, but I have no personal experience with it. (Apart from the slightly higher speed, the Ultra133 should be able to handle large disks out of the box, while the Ultra100 needed a firmware update to handle disks larger than 128GiB.) -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se
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