Thank you for the feedback, Ron and Goran. I was almost decided to
purchase the Adaptec RAID controller when I discovered the SATA to IDE
adaptors. There are several made, but I can't seem to find a source for
the RocketHead 100 - it is included with the Highpoint RAID card, but
not separately. In any case, the cost of these adaptors may end up more
than the IDE RAID card! I am still looking for a source of adaptors.

I continued with this thread because it appears that the Serial ATA
(SATA) interface is in our future for hard drives. We will need new
cables (about $7 each), drives or adaptors for them, and new
controllers. I hope the performance is worth this trouble!

Stay tuned. Anybody have an input on this topic? I think it will be
worthwhile learning more. Perhaps I should write an article for
Freepctech on this topic. Each time I try to build a computer, it seems
that there is more to learn.

Peter
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An alternative to buying an ATA133 RAID card could be using ATA-to-SATA
adapters. Using these adapters you could use the built-in SATA RAID
support of your mobo.

Check out "Highpoint Rockethead 100 IDE" (around USD 35-40).
Goran Halfvarson, Sweden

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I've used the Adaptec 2400A, not the 1200A.  The 2400A easily installed
and mirrored drives under both Red Hat Linux and W2K server.  (Linux was
loaded for a few days to play with it.)  It has worked flawlessly for
about 18 months as a small business file server in an Intel server
board.  Speed and throughput have been very good.
Ron Jobe

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