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OzDave · 01-18-2008, 05:48 PM

I am using these devices:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16812206001 Rosewill RC-203 SATA to IDE Mini Vertical Bridge.

I have JBOD configured basically because I don't use Raid 1, mirroring, (I have a second Snap for data backup), and I don't use RAID 0, striping, as Snaps can't cope with anything more than 1.1TB as there is a FileSystem restriction. I think I reported the details of this elsewhere.
I find the that the drives are heaps fast enough, the limitation seems to be in the rest of the Snap platform. Though this is just a guess see below.

I have two Snap 2000 both with the configuration of:
1x1TB WD drive (SATA + adapter)
1x750GB drive (not sure of the brand)

One of the Snaps requires Master/Slave setup, and the SATA adapters have a master/slave jumper on them.
The other Snap uses CS (though both are V2 units) and the SATA adapter did not document this configuration, just removing the jumper totally made it work.
In the M/S Snap I am using a 80 ATA cable connect the drive and in the CS Snap I am using a std 40 cable.

let me know if you need any other information.

I was researching today to see if there is anything I can tweak to get better r/w performance. I noticed in the debug menu the ethernet settings. The ethernet TBI setting seems to be related to Gigabit ethernet only from what I can find on the web. The MTU setting I am still researching. My current MTU is set to 0 bytes.

01-18-2008, 05:48 PM	#7
OzDave Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Boston Posts: 30	Re: Using SATA adapter to mimic PATA/IDE drive. I am using these devices: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16812206001 Rosewill RC-203 SATA to IDE Mini Vertical Bridge. I have JBOD configured basically because I don't use Raid 1, mirroring, (I have a second Snap for data backup), and I don't use RAID 0, striping, as Snaps can't cope with anything more than 1.1TB as there is a FileSystem restriction. I think I reported the details of this elsewhere. I find the that the drives are heaps fast enough, the limitation seems to be in the rest of the Snap platform. Though this is just a guess see below. I have two Snap 2000 both with the configuration of: 1x1TB WD drive (SATA + adapter) 1x750GB drive (not sure of the brand) One of the Snaps requires Master/Slave setup, and the SATA adapters have a master/slave jumper on them. The other Snap uses CS (though both are V2 units) and the SATA adapter did not document this configuration, just removing the jumper totally made it work. In the M/S Snap I am using a 80 ATA cable connect the drive and in the CS Snap I am using a std 40 cable. let me know if you need any other information. I was researching today to see if there is anything I can tweak to get better r/w performance. I noticed in the debug menu the ethernet settings. The ethernet TBI setting seems to be related to Gigabit ethernet only from what I can find on the web. The MTU setting I am still researching. My current MTU is set to 0 bytes. Last edited by OzDave; 01-19-2008 at 03:47 AM.