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On Thursday 20 December 2007, Stroller wrote: |
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> > ... I was expecting something |
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> > similar to when I've hotplugged SATA drives on my desktop machine. |
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> What controller is in that, please? |
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> Does it do hardware RAID, or is it just a regular SATA controller? |
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I've done it using both the onboard controllers: nVidia nForce4 CK804 SATA, |
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and Silicon Image SiI 3114. They both claim RAID but I'm sure it's done by |
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the driver in both cases. |
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> stated that SATA controllers are not _required_ to support hot- |
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> plugging, either. This makes choosing an SATA more complicated, of |
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Eek! Maybe I'm just lucky, but I've swapped the SATA drive from my laptop to |
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my desktop and back quite a few times without an issue. Friends have |
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hotplugged their drives into this machine too many times with no ill effects. |
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We plug the power into the drive first, then once it's spun up insert the |
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SATA data cable. |
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