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asshopo · 09-08-2004, 10:57 AM

Today I oredered a "PROMISE PCI to SATA Controller Card, Model SATA150 TX2plus" from Newegg. The reviews on Newegg seemed good, but I was just curious, has anyone else had experience with Promise raid cards?

steveincolumbus · 09-08-2004, 01:20 PM

I have used promise raid cards before but not SATA, they were just IDE, thought they were lacking, could not do alot with it...
For low end raid i like what is built into most motherboards anynmore...
But they are only good if you are looking for Raid 0 or 1

asshopo · 09-08-2004, 01:27 PM

Ya, I'm only looking for Raid 1. I got so much time into my server that I don't want to loose it due to a failure on my 3 yr old 20 gig hd. :-/

steveincolumbus · 09-09-2004, 12:32 PM

oh, yuo realize that you will lose everything on the HDD's when you create it don't you?

asshopo · 09-09-2004, 12:53 PM

Well, the plan is to keep the server the way it is now, install raid, ghost my current main hd to the raid and then boot off raid. I haven't ever messed with raid that much before, but I would assume you can ghost over to it like any other drive.

theburner · 09-09-2004, 01:50 PM

You won't lose everything on your HDD's if you make a RAID 1 group. JUST make sure you know the address of the drive you want to copy, and the address of the blank drive. If you mix these up you WILL lose all your info.

I use an Abit mobo that has 2 Raid chips built in. My C drive is actually 2x 120GB 7200 SATA in Raid 0, and my storage is 2x 120GB 7200 SATA in Raid 1.
When I installed my RAID 1 setup, the wife had one 120GB full of pics and vids. I checked the addy of that drive 3x before I hit build RAID Group. Worked like a charm.

bendsley · 09-10-2004, 01:56 PM

I had promise cards at once, then they started "flaking out". I went with 3ware and haven't ventured from them since. The 3ware escalade card I have seems top notch. Good stuff.

Newegg also sales 3ware equipment.

JustDisGuy · 09-16-2004, 09:31 PM

I use a Promise chip based SATA Raid1 configuraiton on my machine at work - it's built into the mobo, but I'm sure it's very similar to the add on card. It works well, and I've had no problems with it.

09-08-2004, 10:57 AM	#1 (permalink)
asshopo Insane Location: Michigan	Promise SATA Raid? Today I oredered a "PROMISE PCI to SATA Controller Card, Model SATA150 TX2plus" from Newegg. The reviews on Newegg seemed good, but I was just curious, has anyone else had experience with Promise raid cards?

09-09-2004, 01:50 PM	#6 (permalink)
theburner Canadian Beer Ambassador Location: Cumming, GA	You won't lose everything on your HDD's if you make a RAID 1 group. JUST make sure you know the address of the drive you want to copy, and the address of the blank drive. If you mix these up you WILL lose all your info. I use an Abit mobo that has 2 Raid chips built in. My C drive is actually 2x 120GB 7200 SATA in Raid 0, and my storage is 2x 120GB 7200 SATA in Raid 1. When I installed my RAID 1 setup, the wife had one 120GB full of pics and vids. I checked the addy of that drive 3x before I hit build RAID Group. Worked like a charm. __________________ Take Off Eh!

09-10-2004, 01:56 PM	#7 (permalink)
bendsley Professional Loafer Location: texas	I had promise cards at once, then they started "flaking out". I went with 3ware and haven't ventured from them since. The 3ware escalade card I have seems top notch. Good stuff. Newegg also sales 3ware equipment. __________________ "You hear the one about the fella who died, went to the pearly gates? St. Peter let him in. Sees a guy in a suit making a closing argument. Says, "Who's that?" St. Peter says, "Oh, that's God. Thinks he's Denny Crane."

09-16-2004, 09:31 PM	#8 (permalink)
JustDisGuy Insane Location: Saskatchewan	I use a Promise chip based SATA Raid1 configuraiton on my machine at work - it's built into the mobo, but I'm sure it's very similar to the add on card. It works well, and I've had no problems with it. __________________ "Act as if the future of the universe depends on what you do, while laughing at yourself for thinking that your actions make any difference."

09-08-2004, 01:20 PM	#2 (permalink)
steveincolumbus Psycho Location: BFE, Kentucky	I have used promise raid cards before but not SATA, they were just IDE, thought they were lacking, could not do alot with it... For low end raid i like what is built into most motherboards anynmore... But they are only good if you are looking for Raid 0 or 1

09-08-2004, 01:27 PM	#3 (permalink)
asshopo Insane Location: Michigan	Ya, I'm only looking for Raid 1. I got so much time into my server that I don't want to loose it due to a failure on my 3 yr old 20 gig hd. :-/

09-09-2004, 12:32 PM	#4 (permalink)
steveincolumbus Psycho Location: BFE, Kentucky	oh, yuo realize that you will lose everything on the HDD's when you create it don't you?

09-09-2004, 12:53 PM	#5 (permalink)
asshopo Insane Location: Michigan	Well, the plan is to keep the server the way it is now, install raid, ghost my current main hd to the raid and then boot off raid. I haven't ever messed with raid that much before, but I would assume you can ghost over to it like any other drive.