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RAID Controller
Posted: July 5th, 2011, 11:47 pm
by Epsilon
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.
Re: RAID Controller
Posted: July 6th, 2011, 2:22 am
by danpaul88
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Adaptec-RAID-58 ... 11&sr=1-25
Getting one which properly supports RAID 6 can be expensive, RAID 0 and 1 are much easier to find
Re: RAID Controller
Posted: July 6th, 2011, 9:31 pm
by Epsilon
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
Re: RAID Controller
Posted: July 7th, 2011, 3:45 am
by danpaul88
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.
Re: RAID Controller
Posted: July 7th, 2011, 1:45 pm
by Epsilon
danpaul88 wrote:you can probably get away with a software or motherboard integrated solution.
That is exactly what I was thinking.