Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 12:43:06 -0400 From: "Loel Larzelere" <loel (at mark) columbus.rr.com> Subject: [coba-e:09643] Slightly OT: SATA Card in older hardware To: <coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org> Message-Id: <001001c78434$23bf3d90$0300a8c0@KITSU> X-Mail-Count: 09643The goal is to install a PCI SATA RAID card in a p-III vintage machine for a cheap NAS box. The question is, will we be limited by the motherboard BIOS to how big the partitions are, or will the SATA card govern this? Or does it depend on the card? We are thinking 4 - 500 gb drives in a dual mirrored array (2 - 500 gb mirrored pairs). Any thoughts? Loel -------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: loel (at mark) columbus.rr.com -------------------------------------------------------- Home Page: My Home Page <http://home.columbus.rr.com/klarzelere/loel.html> --------------------------------------------------------9643_2.html (attatchment)(tag is disabled)