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board2death986

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ok my situation is i am building a large raid 5 array with 8 750GB drives, and well i plan to start out with only 4 drives and expand it to 8.

I need a raid card that can do raid 5, do dynamic raid (for adding disks later without having to restart the array), has 8 ports and costs around 250$.

Please help :D
 
Might help if we knew the interface (SATA/SAS/etc.) drives and type of expansion slot (PCI/PCI-X/PCIe) available.
 
The Highpoint 2[23]20 cards sound like a match, pending more information. Take a look at the controller guide I wrote and see if anything pops out at you.
 
unhappy_mage said:
The Highpoint 2[23]20 cards sound like a match, pending more information. Take a look at the controller guide I wrote and see if anything pops out at you.
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yea originally i chose the 2320, but i wasnt sure if it could handle dynamic disk adding into an array. it fits my needs, my price range, in a setup for media storage where speedy access isnt too much of a concern
 
board2death986 said:
yea originally i chose the 2320, but i wasnt sure if it could handle dynamic disk adding into an array. it fits my needs, my price range, in a setup for media storage where speedy access isnt too much of a concern
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Every HighPoint card I've ever tested could saturate gigE in Bonnie++ tests. They are well suited for the majority of applications. Not suitable for hardcore DBs (although they do have fast hardware XOR cards) but for everything else should suit you fine.
 
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