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(I like to shop local for some types of hardware and hard drives qualify since I've had 4 die on me).
Just wondering if anyone had a suggestion on which raid 5 card to get, preferably from that retailer. I'd prefer PCI-E, however, I'm not sure how PCI-E handles working with slots that have more channels than required (i.e. pci-e x4 in an x8 or x16 slot).
I don't think I'll need SAS, just a raid 5 card for 4+ hard drives as I'd like to be able to expand storage and right now raid 1 isn't offering the capacity I'd like, nor the expandability into the future.
I'm sure this question gets asked a lot but I curiously can't find any recommendation when I search. It seems there's a large price jump when moving from software to hardware raid ($300+) but that's a small price to pay for data security and future expansion opportunity.
I'd google these for reviews if I could but this seems like a "specialized" hardware area that few people review. Is there a big difference in performance between a $300 card and a $500 card? A $1200 card? I'd obviously prefer a cheaper card to a more expensive one if the performance/features are the same, but with this level of hardware you tend to "get what you pay for".
(I like to shop local for some types of hardware and hard drives qualify since I've had 4 die on me).
Just wondering if anyone had a suggestion on which raid 5 card to get, preferably from that retailer. I'd prefer PCI-E, however, I'm not sure how PCI-E handles working with slots that have more channels than required (i.e. pci-e x4 in an x8 or x16 slot).
I don't think I'll need SAS, just a raid 5 card for 4+ hard drives as I'd like to be able to expand storage and right now raid 1 isn't offering the capacity I'd like, nor the expandability into the future.
I'm sure this question gets asked a lot but I curiously can't find any recommendation when I search. It seems there's a large price jump when moving from software to hardware raid ($300+) but that's a small price to pay for data security and future expansion opportunity.
I'd google these for reviews if I could but this seems like a "specialized" hardware area that few people review. Is there a big difference in performance between a $300 card and a $500 card? A $1200 card? I'd obviously prefer a cheaper card to a more expensive one if the performance/features are the same, but with this level of hardware you tend to "get what you pay for".