Freddie Cash wrote:
On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 11:43 PM, Rink Springer <r...@freebsd.org> wrote:
On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 08:38:21PM -0800, Freddie Cash wrote:
I've also found a couple of Areca cards (PCI-X, non-RAID/PCIe RAID),
and have heard good things about Areca support in FreeBSD. Any
comments on their quality/performance/reliability?
I have got an Areca ARC-1110 4x SATA2 PCI-X card in my server, and I'm
quite impressed with the performance; these cards do very well in terms
I/O operations per second and the driver has been rock solid for me. The
only downside is that they are quite expensive (but well worth it, IMO)
Compared to a 3Ware 9550SXU controller, these are cheap. The Areca is
only $500 (open-box) or $700 (new) on newegg.ca. The 3Ware cards are
over $1000, with the PCIe versions being over $1200 (which is what
started me on this journey -- hardware budgets are getting smaller and
smaller each year).
The 3ware cards are not that expensive unless you need a truckload of ports.
For the 9650SE on newegg.com;
2 port is 185
4 port is 324
8 port is 525
12 port is 669
Where are you getting the 1200 dollar price from?
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