Re: SATA RAID card: the cheapest

2006-07-13 Thread Stuart Henderson
> All LSI megaraid cards fit the pci envelope. If you add the type of internal SCSI cable which are easy (possible?) to buy, the 320-1 no longer fits MD2. If anyone has a suggestion on an internal cable that might work with 320-1 and allow the lid of a 2U (low-profile) case to be closed, please c

Re: SATA RAID card: the cheapest

2006-07-09 Thread Marco Peereboom
Some 3ware cards may be cheaper but I doubt you'd do better with them. Personally, I'm quite happy with the 150-4 card. It suits my needs fine and bioctl(8) is of course a splendid bonus. I'm not using it in a co-located environment, so I can't tell you whether it would fit into a 19" chassis. A

Re: SATA RAID card: the cheapest

2006-07-09 Thread Rogier Krieger
On 7/9/06, Jacob Yocom-Piatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: i'm building a machine on the cheap for colocation. what is the most affordable card that will do hardware SATA RAID? i've seen ~220 usd for the MegaRAID 150-4. If you're using it for co-location, remember that the 150-4 isn't exactly low

Re: SATA RAID card: the cheapest

2006-07-08 Thread Sevan / Venture37
Jacob Yocom-Piatt wrote: > i'm building a machine on the cheap for colocation. what is the most > affordable > card that will do hardware SATA RAID? i've seen ~220 usd for the MegaRAID > 150-4. > > can i do any better? this card is more for hotswapping through a failure than > high-load performa

SATA RAID card: the cheapest

2006-07-08 Thread Jacob Yocom-Piatt
i'm building a machine on the cheap for colocation. what is the most affordable card that will do hardware SATA RAID? i've seen ~220 usd for the MegaRAID 150-4. can i do any better? this card is more for hotswapping through a failure than high-load performance. any experiences using such a card wo