Time to sell a bunch of cards.
Areca 1280ML - 24-port PCIe to SATA ll RAID Adapter, 512MB - $SOLD
http://www.areca.us/products/pcie341.htm
Adaptec 51245 - 16-port (12 internal/4 external) PCIe SAS RAID controller with BBU - $200...
So since I had 2 outta 20 disk die in my fileserver (raid6 FTW), I've been thinking about consolidating into a smaller server. I really wanted to use two Supermicro 5in3 SATA racks that I had lying around but couldn't find a small case to use them in. I've never done any case modding before so I...
Selling an Areca 1680ix-24. No cables, but comes with a BBU and 2GB of ram.
http://www.areca.com.tw/products/pcietosas1680series.htm
Asking $950.
I have Heatware under the name croak. Thanks.
Oh man.. so tempting to upgrade.
Basically updates to existing models with SFF-8087 Mini SAS backplanes, so no new 24+1 :(
http://www.norcotek.com/item_detail.php?categoryid=1&modelno=RPC-4220
http://www.norcotek.com/item_detail.php?categoryid=1&modelno=RPC-3216...
Let's hope these drive down the prices for those WD 2TB drives :)
5900rpm is interesting, I wonder what the prices will be like.
"The Barracuda LP drives deliver on low power consumption. But low power no longer means slow power. Benchmark performance results prove the 5900-RPM spin speed...