[Pc_Support] 3Ware question

[William Warren]

Wouldn't i be facing pci bus saturation with the 2 160 sata in software 
Raid-1 ?


Bryan J. Smith wrote:
> 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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