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[michael meltzer]

--- Francisco Reyes <francisco at natserv.net> wrote:

> On Thu, 3 Nov 2005, michael meltzer wrote:
> 
> >
> > Controller:
> > http://www.3ware.com/products/serial_ata2-9000.asp
> > 16 port muili-lane, with BU and 265meg, cheaper
> than
> > most SCSI controller
> 
> From what I gather, the ARECA controllers have
> significantly better 
> performance.
> 
http://www.tomshardware.com/storage/20051031/index.html
problem is they only did a 8 banger at raid 5.
http://www.gamepc.com/labs/view_content.asp?id=serioussataii&page=1
they did both 0 and 5 on a 8 banger


Bottom line is they are the looking the same, AT least
to my eye.

the bigger issue for me is cabling, the sata
connectors are a nightmare and a real PITA to work
with, they fall off if you breath on the them wrong
way or are doing any work in the box. It gets more fun
when the "almost" fall off. 16 of them is evil :-)
Multilane is the way to go for better reliability and
to save me some problem now and in the future. 

The other issue is support, Vinod hangs out on the
list and does a dam good job of supporting people.
Better than most suport contracts, credit for good
work and putting money were my mouth is, assuming the
16 port is not vaporware, ship in 30+- days, I use 6
on this job, it the right thing to do.

-mjm




		
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