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SATA Raid 5 Controller

  • 23-03-2006 9:31pm
    #1
    tech
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,860 ✭✭✭


    Ok I want to buy 3 x 300gig SATA drives and also a RAID 5 SATA PCI controller where can I find a STA controller ???


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  • #2
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    http://www.komplett.ie/k/kl.asp?bn=10213&sortBy=p&minprice=&maxPrice=

    Cheapest RAID5 controller is €120. Would you be better off buying a fourth 40 or 60GB SATA disk, installing the OS on that and running software RAID?

    What OS do you intend on using?


  • #3
    8T8
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,757 ✭✭✭8T8


    If you are running the RAID 5 array for performance then do not go with the software RAID 5 built into motherboard SATA controllers as it is not very good.

    If you want absolute performance then you would better off getting a dedicated card on a PCI-E x4 interface like this or this. If you go down that route and don’t see a motherboard you want with a PCI-E x4 slot just get an SLI motherboard and toggle the second slot to x8 mode and put it in that.

    If it’s purely for storage/archival purposes then a PCI card/soft RAID setup should be okay.


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