Best RAID card?

[totentanz]

So what's the best of the best out there? Areca 1882ix-12? LSI?

 

[totentanz]

Anyone?

 

[xer0]

I think you need to define your parameters of usage and expected equipment better. How much do you have to spend? What RAID level? SSD's? HDD's? How many and type drives? What expected loads? How many users? Compatibility? etc, etc.

It's like asking "Which car is best?" It depends...

 

[hotcrandel]

Take a step back and answer ;

What [drives] are you going to RAID?
Why?

 

[totentanz]

This will be for video editing and I plan on using 3TB Hitachi 7200RPM drives. I'm thinking Raid5 or Raid6. One user - one workstation. Windows 7 x64.

 

[totentanz]

It's looking like the ARC-1880IX-12 may be the best option. Are there any comparable cards that might be better?

 

[drescherjm]

This will be for video editing

How many TB of editing?

This will be for video editing and I plan on using 3TB Hitachi 7200RPM drives. I'm thinking Raid5 or Raid6. One user - one workstation. Windows 7 x64.

The question is do you really need RAID? Do you have a backup plan since no raid level removes the need for a proper backup?

 

[drescherjm]

It's looking like the ARC-1880IX-12 may be the best option. Are there any comparable cards that might be better?

Make sure you get a BBU if you need good write performance.