New storage setup using Adaptec 5405

[HDClown]

This weekend I built my new storage setup using an Adaptec 5405 SAS/SATA controller. There are 4 Seagate 750gb Barracuda 7200.10 drives (1st gen) which I've been collecting over the past year'ish. Everything is inside my Lian-Li PC-60B Plus II case with a Lian-Li EX-34NB expansion chassis.

I'll let the pictures do the talking:

Adaptec 5405 SAS/SATA Controller (supports up to 4 internal drives)

Lian-Li EX-34NB - 4 drive chassis with 120mm fan and sound isolating rubber mounts for all drives.

Loaded up with 4 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 750gb SATA drives (1st gen models)

Connected up

All of my hardware glory. 2 drives in the bottom are my OS drive, a WDC RaptorX 150gb, and an old Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 300g drive for some non-redundant storage.

Ready to be closed up

represent!

Some performance tests:

HD Tach Quick Test (8mb Zones)

HD Tach Long Test (32mb Zones)

 

[pre1014]

Nice card! Even the SAS cables that come with the card are sexy. Have you run an additional consistency checks. Right when my array was built the HD tach reads were all over the place. After an additional consistency check performance increased and the reads leveled off.

 

[HDClown]

The array was built using the build method, which does an entire consistency check on the array as it builds it. This card supports background consistency check or I can do manual verify or verify+fix. Wonder if I should turn the background check on.

 

[XS Janus]

You should turn it on.
Good idea.