Which RAID Controller?

Discussion in 'General Hardware' started by Dwarfer, Jun 23, 2008.

  1. Dwarfer

    Dwarfer Guest

    Evening...

    I heard that if you use a RAID controller card (as apposed to the motherboard version) you can increase the performance.

    If this is true which ones do you recommend? Im looking for around at least 250 - 350mb/sec throuput as im going for 2x WD Velociraptor's 300GB, they run at 100mb/sec each average read

    FYI: I have a free PCI and PCI-E x16 (2.0 and 1.0) available

    Thanks for advnce
     
  2. Big B

    Big B HWF Godfather

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    Hardware RAID cards by Areca or LSI are good performers. Adaptec can be good as well, but they tend to be a little pricier for the performance, which might be due to the brand recognition.
     
  3. Dwarfer

    Dwarfer Guest

    Thanks for response. I looked for Areca and LSI and their prices range are pretty high (cheapest around $350), the Adaptec ones are even worse, like you say.

    Probably a stupid question but what kind of performance gain is expected and is it worth it?

    Thanks man!
     

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