SATA: RAID 5 controller recommendations

[Achim Patzner]

Am 01.11.2005 um 01:23 schrieb Francisco Reyes:
>>>> I use the 3ware line (8xxx) and they are very stable, but not  
>>>> the fastest. For speed, check out the cards from Areca.  Native  
>>>> FreeBSD support and they are FAST
>>>> http://www.areca.com.tw/products/html/pcix-sata.htm
>
> Saw a review last night of the Areca cards vs the latest 3ware. The  
> areca cards were about twice as fast, but the article says that  
> they are about twice as expensive (or something on that area). :-(

Seems like a good price; the German distributor seems a bit more  
greedy. They're even more expensive than ICP Vortex S-ATA RAID cards  
- and definitely not better than those (ICP has yet another advantage  
- S-ATA and IDE RAIDS are using the same driver).


Achim