Re: [MLUG] Multi-disk controller

[Mark Rages <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 12:41:54AM -0600, Michael wrote:
> Guess I have a similar question. Do IDE controller cards have limits on
> the size of drive they can handle? I'd imagine they do but none of the
> ones I've looked at lately have mentioned such a limit. I want to keep my
> price for such a card under $50 so I can't get very fancy. Also do any of
> them support hot swapping of IDE drives (with a removable drive drawer)?
> I'm running out of places to mount drives and can't afford to add a new
> computer right now. Thanks.
> 

There is an 128GB (base 2) limit in many controller cards. 

http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/bios/sizeGB128-c.htm <-- a quick google
gave me this (outdated) page.

There seems to be a poorly documented bug in XP's NTFS that leads to
massive data corruption on partitions greater than 128GB too. None of
your Linux filesyatems will care.

I don't trust IDE hot-swap. In linux that's bleeding edge stuff. 

Instead, how about USB or Firewire drives? Takes carse of space and
hot-swap at once.

When we moved our DVD burners to Firewire, the speed at which we could
burn DVDs improved by 3-400%. (This is compared to haveing the drives
attached to ithe internal IDE controller.)

I'm on a really laggy connection, so I'm sending thisa with typoes
intact.

Regards,
Mark
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