[ale] Related to my HDD ?

[Scott Castaline]

Calvin Harrigan wrote:
> Scott Castaline wrote:
>> I just realized that my SATA Host Adapter is the older 150 technology. 
>> It was made by Adaptec. I went to their site and it seems that they no 
>> longer make anything like mine in the 300 technology. For now can I 
>> connect a 300 drive to a 150 interface? Also any recomendations on a 
>> SATA300 HA? I do not need the raid capability, just a basic 2 or more 
>> drive interface that is a PCI card and not PCI-Express or whatever else.
>>
>> TIA
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> Yes you can connect a 300 to a 150 interface..  There isn't much to be
> gained except for burst speed on the 300.  Sorta like the 66 vs 100 in
> the early days.  You can't maintain 150 MB/s from any hard disk
> currently in production.  You can just barely maintain half that.
> 
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Thank you, that's what I thought. Then I shouldn't need to replace my 
host adapter at this time. But I am still interested on hearing any 
personal experiences or preferences on this item. I am not sure how ever 
if I can have a 150 and a 300 on the same card. Also do SATA cards have 
the same traffic issues as standard IDE Master/Slave? Or since they only 
allow 1 drive per port that is not an issue.