[Pc_Support] 3Ware question

[William Warren]

*wink* this is a dell..Wrong HT..<G>

I am not sure what the sata controllers or hte onboard gig-e are hooked 
into.

Bryan J. Smith wrote:
> William Warren <hescominsoon at emmanuelcomputerconsulting.com> wrote:
>> Wouldn't i be facing pci bus saturation with the 2 160 sata in
>> software Raid-1 ?
> 
> Not if the SATA channels are connected to a dedicated PCIe x1 channel
> or the HyperTransport itself.
> 
> But in all seriousness, the 8006-2 will be fine for 2 drives.  You're
> not going to get much of a performance hit -- just don't put anything
> else on the 32-bit PCI bus you expect to get performance out of.
> 
> 
> 

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