On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 1:02 PM, Will Murnane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 18:51, Tim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So what's wrong with this card? > > http://www.supermicro.com/products/accessories/addon/AOC-USASLP-L8i.cfm > If you have a UIO slot (many recent Supermicro boards do) then it's a > fine choice. But if you have a non-Supermicro board, you may be in > for a shock when you get it---it's swapped left for right, compare it > to a regular pci-e card. It won't fit in a standard case. AIUI it is > a standard pci express slot, just shifted over a bit so the backwards > slot cover fits into normal cases, so perhaps you could try fastening > a normal slot cover to it and using it in a normal pci-e slot... but > that doesn't sound particularly elegant, and would take up the slot on > the other side of it as well. > > Will > This is not a UIO card. It's a standard PCI-E card. What the description is telling you is that you can combine it with a UIO card to add raid functionality as there is none built-in. --Tim
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