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What is the maximum sustained transfer rate on the PCI bus?

MichaelD

MichaelD

Lifer
As above. I'm bouncing some ideas around in my head. For my next rig, I'm contemplating getting a hardware RAID card and using it for my boot/daily use drive and putting my backup HD(s) on the onboard raid/IDE controller.
 
Taking into account the overhead, it's about 120-125Mbps for a 32bit/33mhz PCI bus. You can multiply that out for the 64bit and/or 66mhz bus types. I'm on a three 15k rpm U160SCSI RAID0 setup that pushes over 100Mbps sustained. 4 drives (or 3 of the current gen 15k's) will completely saturate the 32bit/33mhz bus.
 
Wow, nice setup! I won't have to worry about saturating the bus...'cause I'm on a TWO drive IDE setup, baby! Yeah, rock on, Mike! J/K, LOL! Good info. Thanks Apex.
 
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