TEKRAM RAID CONTROLLER HOT!! Only $30

[Goosemaster]

This is my first Hot deal so play nice....

Ok.. Prices...They hover arounf $30


I found it here
for $29


As for preformance, I have been getting 45MB/s from two old crappy Maxtors, so I suppose when I get my second 60GXP things will fly.

Even if you don't want raid, this is a great option for a controller card..even supports Hot swappable IDE...hehe



Here is some info on it:
Technical Specifications:
Processor:
Aralion ARS106S PCI Dual Channel Ultra ATA 100 RAID Controller

BIOS:
Flash ROM Upgradeable
Fully configurable with GUI

Maximum Transfer Rate:
100 MB/Sec (Ultra ATA/100)

PCI Interface:
PCI 2.2 and backward compatible

Max Devices Supported:
(4) Hard Drives of ATA/33, ATA/66 or ATA/100 variety
* The DC-200 does not support CD-ROMs, CD-RWs or other ATAPI devices

Accessories Included:
(2) ATA-100/66 cables
User?s Manual
Driver Disks
GUI software

Operating Systems Supported:
Windows 98/SE
Windows ME
Windows NT 4.X
Windows 2000
Windows XP

Connectors:
(2) 40-Pin Ultra ATA Internal Connectors

RAID Levels Supported:
RAID Level 0 Data Striping
RAID Level 1 Data Mirroring
RAID Level 0+1 Mirrored Striped Pairs
JBOD (Just a Bunch Of Disks - No RAID mode.)

Ships with Accessories:
(2) Ultra ATA/100 Cables
Driver and Software Disks
Multi-lingual User's Manual

System Requirements:
Mainboard with free PCI slot, revision 2.2 or earlier

 

[frankqfrank]

Includes cables, that nice. Good deal.

 

[jTek]

Tekram info here. Good find.

 

[IgoByte]

This is a very nice deal.

Thank you.

 

[kimagurealex]

very good deal. I like Tekram alot.
Alex

 

[starsss]

They have 2.8 in resellerratings and the shipping charge to $11 which make it $40. Do you still think it is hot deal?

 

[cliftonite]

hmm i got the SIDE RAID 100 from mwave for around 58 (with second day air). I got this card because it was recommended by anadtech in their IDE Raid article

link

 

[daimon]

newegg has the iwill side raid 100 for $48 shipped. Very easy to setup.

 

[Goosemaster]

<< They have 2.8 in resellerratings and the shipping charge to $11 which make it $40. Do you still think it is hot deal? >>




I agree. I had bought this somewhere else with a better rating. I was just remembering it, and wanted to post, but since I didn't remember wherer I bought it, I just found the cheapest pricewatch.com price. my bad..I got mine for $35

When I remember the site, I;ll post it....


Still a good deal...

 

[DerProfi]

newegg now has this same card for $25 + $6.95 shipping

Now I'm trying to figure out whether to pick up this one, or the iwill SideRAID 100 for $43 + $5 shipping......

 

[TeMpT]

Any idea if this or the Iwill can be used as just plain ATA100/133 cards without the RAID? Just in case I don't want raid further down the line, I at least would like to use it as an IDE controller.

 

[BlueIce]

<< Any idea if this or the Iwill can be used as just plain ATA100/133 cards without the RAID? Just in case I don't want raid further down the line, I at least would like to use it as an IDE controller. >>



From the first post:

Supported:
JBOD (Just a Bunch Of Disks - No RAID mode.)

 

[TeMpT]

DOH! Thanks mate.

 

[Goosemaster]

The teckram card has been great to me.


I am using two unseasonably crappy drives and getting great transferrates on my server.


Supports 2 simul. cards too

 

[vladgur]

<< newegg has the iwill side raid 100 for $48 shipped. Very easy to setup. >>



I tried side raid and did some measurements with striping two of my seagate 7200rpms using HDTach and a striped array had slower throughput than the hard disk on its own...If you read newegg reviews, people will tell you the same. This card useless as far as raid goes

 

[alaniscool]

any deals on 3ware raid cards?