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Advice on a good SCSI/SAS raid card
| Posted by copahost, 10-07-2008, 06:17 PM |
| Can anyone name a good SCSI / SAS raid card?
Preferably a 100% hardware RAID, no software raid stuff.
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| Posted by copahost, 10-07-2008, 06:29 PM |
| What about these ones:
LSI Logic LSI-20320RB-F
Adapctec ASR-2200S U320
Adaptec 3210S
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| Posted by zuborg, 10-08-2008, 07:59 AM |
| 3Ware
smartmontools have support of these cards, it could be enough.
good CLI, good driver, good performance, caching, BBU support.
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| Posted by boonchuan, 10-08-2008, 10:55 AM |
| I would recommend Areca raid cards. Having tried all, adaptec, 3ware, LSI, I found Areca to be the best in terms of throughput. It is extremely expensive though and lead time was long in Singapore.
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| Posted by HoundOfTheSmith, 10-08-2008, 01:22 PM |
| Both 3Ware and Areca are good choices, though the higher spec Adaptec (not the hostraid cards) and the LSI cards are also good.
Personally, as I tend to be not using Windows, I'll usually go with 3Ware or Areca. 3Ware in certain are good about actively supporting the non-Windows community.
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| Posted by copahost, 10-08-2008, 05:09 PM |
| But I have heard 3ware doesn't have SCSI cards, just SATA.
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| Posted by HoundOfTheSmith, 10-09-2008, 04:21 AM |
| You have heard" - ever though about checking before posting
3Ware currently sell SAS (Serial attached SCSI), SATA (I and II) and PATA controllers - see http://www.3ware.com/products/index.asp
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| Posted by copahost, 10-09-2008, 09:32 AM |
| I did check on Ebay. and haven't found any..
But that's a good tip, very good tip.. Thank you
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| Posted by AdmoNet, 10-10-2008, 12:41 PM |
| Ebay certainly has 3Ware cards new and used but buying from a reputable seller is surely a good idea. Try www.newegg.com and look at the 3Ware 9650's for a great PCI-E SATAII controller.
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