[mythtv-users] Suitable Hardware

[John Drescher]

> Do you mean only 1 PATA port? I haven't seen a board that didn't have 2
> PATA ports (two IDE controllers), but I don't buy a lot of mobos.
>
Recently manufacturers have been putting only one IDE port on some
boards since most users are only using IDE for the DVD writer.

> Why do you need more than one? Does the board have SATA ports? I agree
> that it's not a great idea to put an optical drive on the same bus with
> an HDD but there are SATA DVD drives.
>
He has several IDE drives.

> If you want RAID I suspect that board would work, but buying it just to
> get additional PATA ports is bad economics. It also ties up a PCI slot,
> those are getting scarcer with the PCI-Express mobos.
>
> Personally if I wanted RAID I'd go with Linux software RAID, not a H/W
> controller, but many disagree with me on that.
>
I assume it is a fake raid controller. I don't know what this one
costs but a few IDE fake raid controllers can be had for less than $20
US.

John