What Raid Card?

[HyperDad]

Hi

First time posting.

I plan on building a file server soon. I would like to use an Abit IC7 Mother board with a intel 2.4 gig processor I have.

I would like to equip it with a raid 5 array(first attempt at raid 5).

My problem is I have no idea what Raid 5 card would work well with this mother board.
One that features XOR would be nice.

I plan on using 4 DiamondMax 10 200GB drives.

I have yet to decide what to user for backing this server up. So i could use some suggestion on this as well.

Thanks in advance

HyperDad

 

[thezfunk]

The best RAID cards are 3ware cards. Others makes...like promise...adaptec...etc...3ware is tops for quality and reliability. Although they are slightly more expensive. Its worth it when you are using a file server like I do...to save irreplaceable information.

 

[TeeJayHoward]

Most cards out there are pretty nice these day. I have personal experience with LSI, Adaptec, and 3Ware. Of the three, none really stood out. They all worked like they were supposed to, and that's all I asked of them. A quick search on newegg found this card, which looks like it should serve you pretty well.

 

[fibroptikl]

If you want top-of-the-line, look at the Areca card's.

3ware and LSI Logic make good RAID ones, and would have no problem using either of them.