What ATA/100 or /133 card to use for Linux? [Archive]

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DavidU

11-11-2002, 01:14 AM

Hi,

I was wondering what experiences people have had with any ATA/100 or ATA/133 dual channel PCI card.

This will be used on a Debian Linux 2U server with 2 WD1200JB's. The kernel will be 2.4.19 (or latest).

I am comfortable merging patches and compiling my own kernel.

Thanks,
David U.

apollo

11-19-2002, 09:20 AM

Are you comfortable with WD hard drives? I usually suggest IBM or Maxtor for IDE platforms (also depends from hdd product, you could search for a hdd reviews @ toms hardware or something). BUT, I just read that the hdd you are about to use outperforms some modern SCSI drives :)

please also read some thoughts about ATA/133 and ATA/100.... go with ATA/100!

http://www6.tomshardware.com/storage/02q1/020305/index.html