HARD DRIVES & MACS...?

[ADSR]

Just went to macway.fr to look for an ata  drive...there's a lot of choice but if i choose for my DA got only one...?
Are drives so dedicated for a specific mac...

GR

[krissel]

The DA's can use any ATA drive that is under 128G. A larger drive will not be able to use the full space. However you can put in a PCI card controller for ATA or SATA and this will allow you to use nearly any size drive. I have two SATA controllers in my DA and run one 500G drive and two 320G drives. The SATA drives are faster than ATA.

[ADSR]

QUOTE(krissel @ Mar 26 2008, 03:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

The DA's can use any ATA drive that is under 128G. A larger drive will not be able to use the full space. However you can put in a PCI card controller for ATA or SATA and this will allow you to use nearly any size drive. I have two SATA controllers in my DA and run one 500G drive and two 320G drives. The SATA drives are faster than ATA.

A larger drive  can be partitioned....?

What kind of  SATA card  do you suggest...?

Thanks


GR

[tacit]

QUOTE(ADSR @ Mar 26 2008, 06:47 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

A larger drive  can be partitioned....?

What kind of  SATA card  do you suggest...?

Thanks


GR

You can not get around the 128GB limit by partitioning. The hard drive controller chip is physically incapable of seeing more than 128 GB no matter how it's partitioned.

If you do get a SATA card, make sure the box says it is Mac compatible. As long as it's Mac compatible, you should be OK.

[ADSR]

 for the infos...

GR

[krissel]

This is the one I have running my two 320 Seagates:

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Sonnet%20Technology/TSATA/

The other one came as a combo with the 500G Maxtor :

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Firmtek/FTST1S2/


There are couple others here:

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/ACARD/AEC6290M/

http://eshop.macsales.com/Search/Search.cf...43&Ntt=sata

[ADSR]

By by ATA  future will be SATA

Thanks Krissel