Re: Hardware raid question (do I need a 4-port card)

godfatherofsoul@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

> I've got 4X60 GB identical drives that I'd like to use for home
> office RAID in an XP server box. I've looked on eBay and
> found a ton of cheap 2-port IDE cards that claim to support
> up to 4 IDE devices. I understand the RAID levels, but I
> don't follow how a card with 2 ports can support 4 devices.

You can have 2 drives per port.

> Does it somehow detect and use the
> existing IDE ports on the motherboard

Nope.

> (which would suck for me since I already
> have the OS on one of those ports)?

> Or does make use of two slave drives

Yes, two drives per port.

> (which sounds slow)?

Certainly slower than 1 drive per port, anyway.

> Any help or direction to a good resource is appreciated!


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