On 2011-10-13, Christiano F. Haesbaert <haesba...@haesbaert.org> wrote: > On 13 October 2011 17:45, Timothy Baldock <t...@entropy.me.uk> wrote: >> I'd recommend the Areca cards, they are expensive but worth the money IMO >> > > I see, and I agree, but have in mind I pay around 100% taxes :(. > >
How important is raid5? The simpler raid1 mpi(4) / mpii(4) cards are much cheaper, and raid1 is easier to get your data out of when the card blows up... Don't get hung up on looking for a controller with the word "sata" in the name, the sas controllers are generally fine with sata drives, there are various HP/Dell/LSI SAS controllers that will work fine, some of which are quite easily ebay'able. Make sure you get cables, they don't always come with the card (even new ones).
