FYI, the rocketRAID cards seem to work fine in the G4 towers. I've tried this card with an AGP and a Quicksilver. I've never had a need for something like this, but the prices are low enough now that "just for fun" is a good enough reason to play with one. I added a stack of old laptop drives and have been tinkering with RAID 5 and trying to fill it up with my movie collection. The card came with software version 1.04 and if anyone knows of any updates I would be interested in trying them. The old web sites are gone and the new one is just terrible.
RAID 0 is pretty speedy, and RAID 5 can read fast but only write about as fast as a regular drive. It generally outperforms anything I can connect to the IDE port or to the FW800 card.
The only other RAID card for PowerPC Mac that I know of is Areca, but these may only work on the G5. Has anyone tried one in a G4?
RAID 0 is pretty speedy, and RAID 5 can read fast but only write about as fast as a regular drive. It generally outperforms anything I can connect to the IDE port or to the FW800 card.
The only other RAID card for PowerPC Mac that I know of is Areca, but these may only work on the G5. Has anyone tried one in a G4?