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NecessaryEvil
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My tax refund is enough for me to get 4 250gb SATA hdds...and a RAID controller.
Well, I'm only going to get 2 250gb drives (As I already have 2 250gb)...but I still need a RAID card.
which of these should I get?
Highpoint
Promise
Or should I get something else?
here are my requirements:
1. Support 4 SATA (or more)
2. Support RAID 5, and non-RAID function (i.e. act as a regular SATA controller)
3. Work in a 32-bit PCI slot
The Promise card would probably give me better performance...but I'm not sure it's worth 2x as much as the Highpoint.
This is non-mission critical, but after losing an 8x 80 RAID 5...I don't feel like fucking around with something that is likely to die on me(the RAID stripe got corrupted somehow, and I lost everything). I'm still unhappy about all my mp3s and videos I lost with that crash...so I'm debating whether I want to do a RAID 5 or just do things on individual drives.
Well, I'm only going to get 2 250gb drives (As I already have 2 250gb)...but I still need a RAID card.
which of these should I get?
Highpoint
Promise
Or should I get something else?
here are my requirements:
1. Support 4 SATA (or more)
2. Support RAID 5, and non-RAID function (i.e. act as a regular SATA controller)
3. Work in a 32-bit PCI slot
The Promise card would probably give me better performance...but I'm not sure it's worth 2x as much as the Highpoint.
This is non-mission critical, but after losing an 8x 80 RAID 5...I don't feel like fucking around with something that is likely to die on me(the RAID stripe got corrupted somehow, and I lost everything). I'm still unhappy about all my mp3s and videos I lost with that crash...so I'm debating whether I want to do a RAID 5 or just do things on individual drives.