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From: Paolo Iozzino on 10 Apr 2008 04:09 Hallo, I' ve a Buffalo Terastation (old model with IDE disk). My idea now is to change internal disks with 4 new disks (of 1TB each). I was thinking to buy SATA disk (I can't find IDE disk of 1TB). I now there is an adapter from sata to ide. Do someone knows if is possible to use this adapter on Buffalo Terastation system ? Thank's Paolo
From: GT on 10 Apr 2008 07:43 "Paolo Iozzino" <paolo.iozzino(a)yahoo.it> wrote in message news:54307ceb-64e6-4e59-bb00-fee2c0fe61dc(a)c65g2000hsa.googlegroups.com... > Hallo, > I' ve a Buffalo Terastation (old model with IDE disk). > My idea now is to change internal disks with 4 new disks (of 1TB > each). I was thinking to buy > SATA disk (I can't find IDE disk of 1TB). > I now there is an adapter from sata to ide. Do someone knows if is > possible to use this adapter > on Buffalo Terastation system ? The IDE to SATA adapter uses both primary and secondary channels of an IDE port. I assume so your current 4 disk IDE setup consists of 2 IDE ports (connectors) and 2 drives on each cable. In which case, your 4 disk IDE setup would turn into a 2 disk SATA setup. I cannot say whether the adapter would work or not, but my instinct says they should be fine - you can get inline adapters that work in 2 directions, so I don't think the controller or hard disk would know there is something between.
From: Ken Maltby on 10 Apr 2008 14:19 "GT" <ContactGT_removeme_(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:015048d0$0$29379$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... > "Paolo Iozzino" <paolo.iozzino(a)yahoo.it> wrote in message > news:54307ceb-64e6-4e59-bb00-fee2c0fe61dc(a)c65g2000hsa.googlegroups.com... >> Hallo, >> I' ve a Buffalo Terastation (old model with IDE disk). >> My idea now is to change internal disks with 4 new disks (of 1TB >> each). I was thinking to buy >> SATA disk (I can't find IDE disk of 1TB). >> I now there is an adapter from sata to ide. Do someone knows if is >> possible to use this adapter >> on Buffalo Terastation system ? > > The IDE to SATA adapter uses both primary and secondary channels of an IDE > port. I assume so your current 4 disk IDE setup consists of 2 IDE ports > (connectors) and 2 drives on each cable. In which case, your 4 disk IDE > setup would turn into a 2 disk SATA setup. I cannot say whether the > adapter would work or not, but my instinct says they should be fine - you > can get inline adapters that work in 2 directions, so I don't think the > controller or hard disk would know there is something between. I have one of those old Terastations myself, you should check through here first. http://buffalo.nas-central.org/forums/viewforum.php?f=40 Luck; Ken
From: kony on 10 Apr 2008 18:11 On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:43:52 +0100, "GT" <ContactGT_removeme_(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >"Paolo Iozzino" <paolo.iozzino(a)yahoo.it> wrote in message >news:54307ceb-64e6-4e59-bb00-fee2c0fe61dc(a)c65g2000hsa.googlegroups.com... >> Hallo, >> I' ve a Buffalo Terastation (old model with IDE disk). >> My idea now is to change internal disks with 4 new disks (of 1TB >> each). Are you certain it will support this capacity? If not, you should check on this as it may not. >>I was thinking to buy >> SATA disk (I can't find IDE disk of 1TB). >> I now there is an adapter from sata to ide. Do someone knows if is >> possible to use this adapter >> on Buffalo Terastation system ? Yes it should, in theory (since I don't have one to try) have no problem using an adapter(s). That should work transparent to the Terastation. > >The IDE to SATA adapter uses both primary and secondary channels of an IDE >port. ?? A properly designed adapter shouldn't use more than one position on one channel, master or slave (or both with two adapters, or all 4 positions if there's two channels and 4 adapters for 4 drives). >I assume so your current 4 disk IDE setup consists of 2 IDE ports >(connectors) and 2 drives on each cable. In which case, your 4 disk IDE >setup would turn into a 2 disk SATA setup. The typical adapter plugs into the rear of (each) drive, shouldn't restrict # of drives but I can't say whether the enclosure is deep enough that there is clearance behind each drive to plug in such adapters.
From: Paul on 10 Apr 2008 20:36
kony wrote: > On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:43:52 +0100, "GT" > <ContactGT_removeme_(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >> "Paolo Iozzino" <paolo.iozzino(a)yahoo.it> wrote in message >> news:54307ceb-64e6-4e59-bb00-fee2c0fe61dc(a)c65g2000hsa.googlegroups.com... >>> Hallo, >>> I' ve a Buffalo Terastation (old model with IDE disk). >>> My idea now is to change internal disks with 4 new disks (of 1TB >>> each). > > Are you certain it will support this capacity? If not, you > should check on this as it may not. > There is an answer in that forum link that Ken posted. The Linux kernel used, limits the size of the array. 4 x 500GB IDE disks would be the ideal largest size. And then, no adapter plugs are needed. Paul |