Areca RAID Card.

[Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC]

On Jul 22, 2006, at 4:14 AM, Nikolas Britton wrote:

> The motherboard I just bought, SuperMicro X7DBE, has both PCI-X
> 133MHz/64-bit and PCI-Express 8x slots, I can't decide what version of
> the Areca card to get... I'd like to see some benchmarks of the
> ARC-11xx (PCI-X) Vs. the ARC-12xx (PCI-Express).
>
> The PCIe device has a faster bus (PCIe 8x = 2000MB/s) but PCI-X is
> tried and true and not too shabby (PCI-X 133/64 = 850MB/s) ether.
>
> I have the option of ether a 1130ML (Infiniband connections) or a plan
> jane 1230. I've had troubles with SATA cables in the passed so the
> 1130ML is very desirable from this stand point. Another thing I'm
> worried about is the 1230 will have to much weight on the PCIe 8x slot
> because of all the SATA cables. and routing them all is a pain. Does
> anyone have a source for an ARC-1230ML? On the other hand I've never
> tried the latching SATA cables yet... but the ARC-1130 is $40
> cheaper...

I was just looking at the difference between the 1130 and the  
1130ML.  ML cables are EXPENSIVE and look heavier than 4 normal  
cables...

I just ordered an 1120 from <http://www.topmicrousa.com/controllers-- 
tekram.html> and they were the cheapest I've seen.

Will be needing an 1130 myself soon I think.

Can't help you with the 1130 vs 1230.  I would think the PCIe would  
be the way to go for future proofing your investment.

best
Chad

>
> I'll sleep on it for now... Thanks all.
>
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