Need controller suggestion

sabregen

sabregen

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Sort of on the fence over which controller would be best. Got 8x Seagate Cheetah 15k.4s. The options so far seem to be as follows:

Dell SAS6/iR
Perc5/i
Some other 1068E based controller
HP P400

Must be PCI-E, as my board has no PCI-X slots. Card needs to be generally available for $100 or less, and needs to have 8ports, and needs to be SAS. If the card is hard to find for around $100, mentioning a place to start would be great.
 
rofl copter... no one? no one can give me any alternatives to my list, or a good place to look?
 
vmware esx(i) load, or win7 x64. machine is dual purposed as a gaming rig / VCP prep system. Don't really need anything more than 0/1/10. 5 would be nice. upgradable cache preffered, but not required. bonus for mini-sas cables instead of the other kind.

must be pci-e, up to x8 link. need to be able to handle 8 drives.
 
that's a good looking card. Yes, I agree, getting any sort of XOR calculation on my budget is unlikely. Main concern right now is being able to use all of my spindles. I can upgrade the card later, if I decide it's necessary. Good to see a mini-sas connected card in the range, though. makes cabling much easier.

Anyone else?

Update: Put out a WTT thread in FS/FT. Looking to trade up to 4x Cheetah 15k.4s, still sealed, for a decent controller.
 
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I've heard good things about the Percs, if you look around on eBay you should be able to get one equipped with cache and BBU for around $150.

Dustin
 
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