Raid Controller Product Recommendation

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porgan

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I have a Dell PowerEdge 2950 Rackmount server running Small Business Server, but I am going to wipe that and just reinstall Windows 7. The raid controller that it came with (perc6i) does not recognize drives over 2TB. I want to install 6 SATA 3TB Drives into a Raid 0 formation to have a 18TB volume. The server will be used to record security camera footage (max of approx 10MB/sec).

Can someone recommend a cost effective but reliable raid controller for this application?
 
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i have good luck with adaptec cards. i really liked the 5805 that i used for a while. they also have the new 6xxx series out now.

i am currently using an HP p410, also a good card but the raid 6 support takes a license key (i dont use it) and the HP software is a bit irritating to set up on non-HP systems.

i use debian for an OS, both cards fully support linux based OS if that matters to you.
 
PANiCnz said:
Can't go wrong with a IBM M1015 off eBay.
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This looks like a perfect price point. Forgive my ignorance, but does this card need to be wired to each drive, or do I just put in the card, and slide in the drives and its ready to go?
 
Every card will need to be wired to each drive either via direct connection or a backplane of some sort.

Unless you have a backplane you will need 2 SFF8087 forward breakout cables. Something like this:

http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10254&cs_id=1025406&p_id=8186&seq=1&format=2

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Also, there are few different models listed on ebay. I found this one:

M1015 46M0861-LOW P for $94.00

Will this one work in the dell 2950 server?
 
Seems like the LOW P model only comes with the low profile bracket, when I got my regular M1015 it came with both brackets.
 
porgan said:
ahha...this was in the server's specs, now I know what it is!

311-7936 1x6 Backplane for 3.5-inch Hard Drives
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You will need cabling from the raid card to backplane. From the few pictures I could find on a quick google search I can not determine what the backplane uses. Since its 6 port and not 4 or 8 port I would guess it has regular SATA connectors and not a 4 port SAS cable.
 
PE2950 uses two SFF-8484 connections on the backplane, so for use with IBM M1015 you would need two SFF-8484 to SFF-8087 cables
 
So it looks like this ebay seller only includes the low profile bracket...meaning I would need to buy the card, cables, bracket all separate.

Can anyone recommend anything easier for my application?
 
ebay link

this one has both brackets, but odds are you are g oing to have to buy some bits separate. buying cables separate is pretty common.
 
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I saw that one, but its shipping from Taiwan. I prefer to buy US due to the shipping time.

If I do purchase from the US based eBay seller I suppose I could buy the parts separate, but they also have several different models of the M1015, can anyone tell me which of them is the correct model?
46M0861-LOW P
H3-25097-01D-LOW P-IBM
9240-8I-LOW P-IBM
LSI00204-LOW P-IBM
46M0860-LOW P
68Y7366-LOW P



Zedicus said:
ebay link

this one has both brackets, but odds are you are g oing to have to buy some bits separate. buying cables separate is pretty common.
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most of those are IBM FRU (field replace unit) part numbers. its a useless number and does not exactly mean a specific part. one of those looks to be a board part number, one looks to be a part number the seller put on for their use...

long story short, i would bet a beer they are all identical cards.
 
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