[Pc_Support] 3Ware question

Bryan J. Smith b.j.smith at ieee.org
Mon Feb 20 14:06:37 EST 2006


William Warren <hescominsoon at emmanuelcomputerconsulting.com> wrote:
> will there be a performance hit using the 8k 3ware on the pci slot?

Yes.  The 3Ware Escalade 8006-2 is a 64-bit @ 66MHz (0.5GBps) capable
card.  Of course, the maximum you'll ever is 2 x single drive DTR, so
forget more than 150MBps.  But still, you don't want to be saturating
all of your 32-bit @ 33MHz (0.125GBps) PCI I/O.



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