Abit Hot Rod 100 Pro Reviews
Product Type: Abit controllers
Description:Model ID HOTROD100PRO /
Newest Review: ... RAID 1 (Mirroring) writes the data to BOTH drives at the same time, so if a drive fails you have a backup. RAID 0+1 does ... more
... both, so you have speed and reliability, but you need 4 drives.
This card ONLY supports these modes, it does not support RAID 5. It also only has an IDE interface, running at 100mbits/s. No 133mbit support.
This device is pretty easy to setup, but you must have the driver on a floppy disk when you load windows, theres no compatibility with using on a current windows system, you will have to reload.
This device is a little limited now, being that it is a very old card.
So why am I reviewing such an old card? Well f...more
Customer Abit Hot Rod 100 Pro Reviews (1)
by - written on 19/06/08 (Useful, 76 readings)
Rating:
Raid is a wonderful idea, write data across several drives at the same time, to either increase speed or security. RAID 0 (Striping) spreads the data across 2 drives, making accessing files faster. RAID 1 (Mirroring) writes the data to BOTH drives at the same time, so if a drive fails you have a backup. RAID 0+1 does both, so you have speed and reliability, but you need 4 drives. This card ONLY supports these modes, it does not support RAID 5. It also only has an IDE interface, running at 100mbits/s. No 133mbit support. This device is pretty easy to setup, but you must have the driver on a floppy disk when you load ... Read the complete review
Technical Details for Abit Hot Rod 100 Pro
| Product Description | Abit Hot Rod 100 Pro - storage controller (RAID) - ATA-100 - PCI |
| Device Type | Storage controller (RAID) - plug-in card |
| Interface Type | PCI |
| Controller Interface Type | ATA-100 |
| Data Transfer Rate | 100 MBps |
| Supported Devices | Hard drive |
| Channel Qty | 2 |
| Max Storage Devices Qty | 4 |
| RAID Level | RAID 0, RAID 1 |
| Package Type | Retail |
| System Requirements | Microsoft Windows 95/98, Linux, Microsoft Windows 2000 / NT4.0, Microsoft DOS 5.x or later |
