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I started off with the same requirements. My1st setup utilized 2 Areca 1202 cards and 2 Rosewill/Sans Digital 8 bay eSATA enclosures...1 combo used for primary and then 1 used for backup. This setup worked great cuz I only needed a PC with 2 free X1 card slots...which are pretty easy to find...

I've had 26 (14 running 24/7, 12 running in bu volume) running RAID 6 (Areca Card, 1202 then 1880) for over a year with 0 problems. Maybe I've been lucky, but experience has been so good that I am looking to buy 10 more when the prices fall a bit. I dont know if it matters or not, by my...

Yep...need 10 more 2tb drives. Prices and reliability (for RAID use) a huge concern though.

s Its a single sff8088 cable....been a busy week, will try to get pics of internals this weekend.

If the 2nd array isnt powered up, the card doesnt recognize it. When it is powered up, the card reads/initializes normally. My old setup(currently for sale) which used two Areca 1202 eSata cards combined with either a Rosewill or Sans Digital 8 bay enclosure(1 main, 1 backup) ran for more than...

Yes, I manually power up/down. Backups are manual as well.

Exactly my thoughts. I have toyedwith idea of adding a 2nd 188x card in case one card goes bad, but still assessing cost/benefit.

I use an Areca1880ix 12 port card with 2 intel SAS expanders. Inside the main case: Areca card/Intel SAS expander feeding 14 drives in a RAID 6 config. I use the 2nd expander in 2nd case to run my backups (~ 15 drives). A single 8088 cable connects the two boxes. I run backups as needed...

Will try to get pics of internals tomorrow. I just buttoned everything up rebuilt/combined my backup arrays after swapping everything over from Coolermaster 590 and 2 8-bay eSata enclosures(need to spend some more time prettying things up) and was happy to get it all together...so wasn't...

My Rig: 45TB Useable (2 X RAID 6 Arrays- cuz RAID is not backup!) (2) Lian Li A77F: Main Server and Backup (8) SuperMicro 5 into 3 Cages (1) Areca 1880ix-12 (1GB Cache) (2) Intel SAS Expanders CPU: Intel i7-2600K Motherboard: ASUS P8P67 WS Revolution GPU: Galaxy GTX460 (27) Samsung F4...