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Comparison of Nine SATA RAID 5 Adapters

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the you-can-never-have-enough-storage-space dept.

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?"

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  1. Interesting that the 3ware offerings performed... by tabkey12 · · Score: 5, Interesting
    quite badly! They've been synonymous with quality in the RAID industry for many years. Look at this:

    3ware Escalade 8506-8 is lagging far behind the competition. Moreover, it misses important features such as online capacity expansion, online RAID level migration and RAID 50 support.

    http://www.tweakers.net/reviews/557/6

    What they say in the article is almost damning really...

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  2. Beware hardware RAID by puke76 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Sure everyone buys a few spare drives.. but make sure you buy more than one RAID card. If the RAID card goes, unless you replace it with an identical make and model, you can kiss your data goodbye.

    That's what I like about software RAID on Linux - you can mount the array on another linux box if you need to.

    Have yet to see a good comparison between low-end hardware RAID and Linux software RAID..

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