RAID Card Recomendations

[402blownstroker]

I am looking for a SAS RAID card. Not looking for a top of the line card, but something middle class. Something that has these specs:

• 8 ports
• 256MB or larger cache
• Supports BBU
• RAID5. RAID50 or RAID60 a plus
• Compatible with either the HP or Intel SAS expander card
• No more than $400 to $500 with BBU.

 

[fXK]

LSI MegaRAID SATA/SAS 9260-8i 6Gb/s PCI-Express 2.0 w/ 512MB onboard memory RAID Controller

 

[402blownstroker]

The LSI 9260-8i looks pretty good, but would be a bit out of my price especially with a BBU.

 

[fXK]

Unless u find a second hand raid card + bbu u cannot get it at that price

BBU is not that important. I run mine without it and its been fine transferring big files 5-15tb bluray

 

[rmd3003]

I don't know if you are willing to go with used but I just checked ebay. There is one used with BBU:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/LSI-Dell-MegaRAID-SAS-9260-8i-8-Port-6Gb-PCIe-SAS-SATA-HBA-RAID-Controller-w-BBU-/290635953200?pt=COMP_EN_Networking_Components&hash=item43ab40b430