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From: bitor on 10 May 2010 14:00 Hello to all. I'm looking for a high quality SATA to IDE for my server that is running linux. Can you help me with either a link to the hardware and what chipset should I be looking for on the PCB board. Any other information would be greatly helpful. Also, since it will be in a sled/tray space is also a consideration. The Backplane in my server has Promise chips for the RAID if that helps.
From: Arno on 10 May 2010 21:27 bitor <bitor.4arvml(a)no.email.invalid> wrote: > Hello to all. > I'm looking for a high quality SATA to IDE for my server that is > running linux. > Can you help me with either a link to the hardware and what chipset > should I be looking for on the PCB board. Any other information would be > greatly helpful. Also, since it will be in a sled/tray space is also a > consideration. The Backplane in my server has Promise chips for the RAID > if that helps. These adapters can by definition not be "high quality", as the whole concept is about saving money for new hardware. Better get a native controller or new disks if you need "high quality". That said, I had incompatibilities with each one of 5 different adapters I tried. Arno -- Arno Wagner, Dr. sc. techn., Dipl. Inform., CISSP -- Email: arno(a)wagner.name GnuPG: ID: 1E25338F FP: 0C30 5782 9D93 F785 E79C 0296 797F 6B50 1E25 338F ---- Cuddly UI's are the manifestation of wishful thinking. -- Dylan Evans
From: larry moe 'n curly on 11 May 2010 14:02
bitor wrote: > > I'm looking for a high quality SATA to IDE for my server that is > running linux. > Can you help me with either a link to the hardware and what chipset > should I be looking for on the PCB board. Any other information would be > greatly helpful. Also, since it will be in a sled/tray space is also a > consideration. The Backplane in my server has Promise chips for the RAID > if that helps. SATA HD to IDE controller, or SATA controller to IDE HD? For the latter, probably something with a Marvell chip (not surprising, as some HD manufacturers use Marvell chips): http://forums.storagereview.com/index.php/topic/28178-sata-hdd-to-pata-ide-motherboard-converters/page__p__259187__hl__marvell__fromsearch__1&#entry259187 I have a 2-way converter based on a Sun Plus chip. It worked fine with IDE HDs, never with IDE optical drives, and with SATA HDs it caused DMA failures and lock-ups, in anywhere from 2 minutes to 5 hours when tested with HDAT2, but it always passed MHDD's scans (IOW, test with HDAT2) |