[plug][semi-OT] PCIe x1 SCSI RAID cards...are there any?

[sothisistheinternet]

Okay...they can't be x1, so they must all be x4...

What are the dimensions of a PCIe x8 slot? I think the x4 slots on the
PCIe riser may be using x8 slots...

Also, does anyone know where I might source one of the ADRPCIXRIS
Intel riser cards? So far it appears that these aren't available in
Australia :(

TIA

Ari

Sorry to have gotten so far OT, but OS considerations have taken a
back seat to just sticking all the hardware together! :(

On 8/14/07, sothisistheinternet <sothisistheinternet at gmail.com> wrote:
> A word of caution to everyone: don't go searching and posting unless
> you're next to the thing you're posting about if you're learning about
> it! (did anyone understand that?)
>
> Apparently I can get a different riser card that we should have had
> the option of getting in the first place.
>
> Also, apparently, the server has two risers and the other riser, PCI-e
> only, has two x4 slots...which look EXACTLY like the x1 slots on the
> full length riser (the one that is supposed to have two PCI-e x1 slots
> and one PCI-X slot). Are PCI-e x1 and PCI-e x4 slots supposed to look
> the same??
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ari
>
> On 8/13/07, Paul Antoine <pma-la at milleng.com.au> wrote:
> > Ari, non-standard or not, if it's working fine then you should be ok.
> > In fact, being a riser will make modifying it all the easier with access
> > to the slots out of the case.
> >
> > P.
> >
> > sothisistheinternet wrote:
> > > The board I'm using is an Intel s5000PAL server board and the riser
> > > card (is that the right name for it?) has one PCIx and four PCIe x1
> > > slots. The slots on the riser are labeled x1, yet rereading the intel
> > > specifications PDF indicates that this is a non-standard riser card,
> > > as the PDF doesn't mention this exact riser.
> > >
> > > Ari
> > >
> > > On 8/10/07, Paul Antoine <pma-la at milleng.com.au> wrote:
> > >> Cameron is correct - to quote a post I found on 2CPU's forum:
> > >>
> > >> "I did the same thing with my PCI-E x1 slot (cut out the back with a
> > >> dremel). While it was less than pretty, and very difficult (I don't
> > >> recommend unless you experienced in modding) I did get my Perc4e/DC to
> > >> work in the PCI-E x1 slot.
> > >>
> > >> That's right... my Perc4e is working in a modified PCI-E x1 slot... I'll
> > >> see if i can post some pics when im done messing with it."
> > >>
> > >> PCIe is adaptive... it'll use as many channels as the board has up to
> > >> the limit of the number the motherboard can supply.
> > >>
> > >> Cutting a slot in the plastic at the end of the PCIe 1x slot shouldn't
> > >> be very difficult and is certainly cheaper than other options.  I have
> > >> done the same with PCI slots so I could fit a PCIx card.
> > >>
> > >> P.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Cameron Patrick wrote:
> > >>> sothisistheinternet wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>> That's a PCIe x8 card. Can that be used in an x1 slot?
> > >>> Yes, with judicious use of a hacksaw.
> > >>>
> > >>> Cameron (not entirely serious)
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