After hearing the stellar reviews and all the information on hand about the Perc 5/i controller from Dell, I was thinking about buying the next generation Dell controller, the Perc 6/i. As well as doing all the things the 5/i does (raid 0, 1, 5, 10) the 6/i supports RAID 6, 50, and 60.
The one thing holding me back was the price, at 700 dollars off Ebay the damn thing ain't cheap. That was until i saw this. From Dell WITH a BBU? Yes please.
Anyone have experience with these cards that can give some info on them, are they true desktop compatible cards or are they designed solely for Dell workstation and server use? Will they work with SATA drives (it's a SAS controller)?
The one thing holding me back was the price, at 700 dollars off Ebay the damn thing ain't cheap. That was until i saw this. From Dell WITH a BBU? Yes please.
Anyone have experience with these cards that can give some info on them, are they true desktop compatible cards or are they designed solely for Dell workstation and server use? Will they work with SATA drives (it's a SAS controller)?