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Has anyone here run RAID 5 using a product with a Silicon Image chip such as the Sil 3132 or Sil 3124? I haven't been able to find any performance numbers for RAID 5 on host bus adapters using these chips. Yes, I'm aware performance won't even compare to hardware based RAID cards. I'm...

Right on.. I'd need a eSATA II RAID 5 card for my PC. I found one that has 4 ports but it requires a PCI-X slot and my motherboard only has PCIe and PCI slots. I didn't see any eSATA cards by 3ware (I'd have to use a separate bracket). I did come across this card today...

Has anyone put together an external eSATA II enclosure running RAID5? I've just purchased a Gigabyte GA-K8N51PVMT-9 motherboard and am trying to figure out how to run RAID5 on a multilane enclosure like these: http://www.cooldrives.com/saiipomu55hd.html http://www.cooldrives.com/eidrrerasaii.html