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RAID Controller

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I'm looking for a good RAID controller, I'm looking to use RAID 1, or RAID 6. It depends on the number of drives I decide to get. I have never bought a RAID controller in my life, so I'm looking for some opinions...


My price range in preferably under $50.
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http://www.amazon.co.uk/Adaptec-RAID-58 ... 11&sr=1-25


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Getting one which properly supports RAID 6 can be expensive, RAID 0 and 1 are much easier to find
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I'm going to go with the RAID6 option, I was well aware of the pricing for RAID6.

I just like having backups that uses block-level striping, Over RAID5
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If your doing it purely for the redundancy you can probably get away with a software or motherboard integrated solution. If your doing it for the performance then a dedicated high performance RAID controller is a must, but I don't think you will be able to get anything decent which supports RAID6 on that budget.
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danpaul88 wrote:you can probably get away with a software or motherboard integrated solution.

That is exactly what I was thinking.
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