[G4] New hard drive question

[Harry Freeman]

Greetings ( + )!( + )

On Jun 21, 2005, at 8:28 PM, rich northouse wrote:

> I found out that the largest drive I could see on my G4 Quicksilver   
> OSX.3.9 was a 120 gig.  I added a PCI Sonnet card and I could than see  
> the entire 180 gigs. Plus it appears to be quicker on the Sonnet card.  
>  But adding a STAT card and STAT drive seems the way to go if your are  
> adding a drive.
>
>
> rich
>
>
> On Jun 21, 2005, at 7:30 PM, Kunga wrote:
>
>> All MDD's see big drives on the 100 bus. Both should be on the 100  
>> bus save more than two.
>>
>> k
>>
>> On Jun 21, 2005, at 2:57 PM, Al Poulin wrote:
>>
>>> In either case, a question is whether your MDD will see all 200 GB  
>>> without a new PCI controller card.

Most SATA drives have Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology  
(SMART) which makes them the most desirable drive not on the market.  
For more information about Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting  
Technology (SMART) see;  
http://www.storagereview.com/guide2000/ref/hdd/perf/qual/ 
featuresSMART.html
Storage Review.


Best Regards,

Harry (*^_^*)