Comparison of Nine SATA RAID 5 Adapters

Robbedoeske writes "Tweakers.net has put online a comparison of nine Serial ATA RAID 5 adapters. Can the establishment counter the attack of the newcomers? Which of the contestants delivers the best performance, offers the best value for money and has the best featureset?"

Comments

Re:32 pages? No thanks.

[Daniel Boisvert]

Good summary. As long as you care about one set of benchmarks and don't give a damn about reliability, real-world performance, or whether the manufacturer will answer your phone calls when the magic smoke gets out of the adapter, go with those cards.

It's not like you'd set up redundant disks for reasons other than short-term performance, right?

(not trying to flame, merely to point out that there might be other things you'd consider before "recommending" a RAID adapter)

Re:Onboard sata controllers are usually software

[afidel]

EVERY single adapter in the review was a true hardware RAID array controller. They all have at least four ports and can all do RAID5. Please read the fine article before spouting off about unrelated cheap schleck.