paul neuwirth cggcpaulneuwirthde wed 13 feb 2008 213646 0100 sandy drobic wrote paul neuwirth wrote wed 13 feb 2008 183510 0100 sandy drobic wrote 9000 series still uses pci 64bit66 mhz newer controllers either require pcix pcie better get new motherboard pcie way get faster nic onboard well well problem afford whole new system wanted make server dedicated database server dont think newer motherboard supports 32bit cpu dont use 32bit cpu dedicated database server especially working large database 1 tb storage assume large database older sata controllers case suggest reevaluate priorities cost raidcontroller four drives 700 euro new mainboard dualcore cpu 2 gb ram mainboard 100 euro cpu core2duo e4700 130 euro 4 gb ram ddr2 90 euro cant afford price suggest visit ebay look good cheap scsi raidcontroller 15k scsi disks may good idea already got 4 sata hdds running dmraid slowing system maybe dualcorecpu effect big problem hmm pcix compatible older 32bit pcicards think confession good soul sense tweed coat good dandruff peter de vries wed 06 aug 2008 055757 0100 opensuse sata hardware raid controller