[G4] Options for adding disk space to Power Mac G4?

[Eric Smith]

Thanks to everyone who answered. Your suggestion, which is similar
to Ben's, sounds pretty good. I wasn't aware that the 128 GB limit
disappears with an add-on controller card. Any suggestion on SATA
cards? What price do they go for?

Thanks,
Eric

Eric Wood wrote:
> I replaced the old ATA drives in my G4 with serial ATA, and it's been 
> grand. I don't think a SATA card costs very much, and you certainly 
> don't need any additional mounting hardware - SATA drives fit fine where 
> your ATA drives do. Rather than cluttering your space up with external 
> drives, just modernise the inside of that puppy.
> 
> Matter of fact, I turned two SATA drives into a software RAID. You'll 
> want to keep important data backed up, of course, since if one drive 
> goes, it's bound to spell the end of the entire virtual volume. 
> Otherwise, I think I'd put Leopard onto one and then use the second to 
> store huge data, such as your iTunes library. My drives are 500 GB and 
> 120 GB.
> 
> Eric W.
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