[geeks] Anyone use this SATA controller in a PC

[kevin at pipeline.com]

I haven't touched a Promise card in years, but the last one i had (circa 1994) was a VLbus caching controller that you had to add your own 30 pin SIMMS too.  I *LOVED* that card and had great results with it for several years.  It's still around here somewhere, just couldn't bring my self to toss it out.

Of course that's all anecdotal, took place several years ago and references an entirely different technology than the one in question, but that's my two cents :-P

/KRM 



On Sat, Mar 08, 2008 at 02:01:03PM -0500, Sridhar Ayengar wrote:

> Lionel Peterson wrote:
> >Hello all,
> >
> >I'm thinking of "pimping out" an old PowerEdge 4400 (dual PIII Xeon 1
> >GHz). I've currently got it full of 36 Gig SCSI drives, but I
> >realized I could add one of my favorite 3x 3.5" SATA hot-swap trays
> >in the two open 5.25" bays (under the optical drive), so I'm thinking
> >about adding a SATA controller to this machne. Since it only has PCI
> >slots (64 bit, both 33 and 66 MHz), I was thinking of adding one of
> >these Promise SATA controllers and playing with ZFS and/or JBOD on a
> >couple large SATA drives:
> >
> >http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816102062
> >
> >At about $60 it is right on the edge of justifiable, since it is 300
> >Mb/sec SATA "II" and low-profile, so I could use it in any other
> >system if I decide to de-commission the PowerEdge 4400.
> >
> >Obviously, I'd be interested in Solaris Support if anyone knows about
> >that as well..
> 
> I highly recommend going with anything *but* Promise.  I don't think 
> they've made anything ever that wasn't crap.  More than just being crap, 
> it's incompatible crap.
> 
> Peace...  Sridhar
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