Raid Card controller for FC System

[Roger Heflin]

edwardspl at ita.org.mo wrote:
> Alan Cox wrote:
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>> On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:39:22 +0800
>> edwardspl at ita.org.mo wrote:
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>>> Dear All,
>>>
>>> Which model / type of ATA Raid card controller is good for work with New 
>>> FC System ?
>>> Would you  please recommend ?
>>>    
>>>
>> Almost every 'raid' controller for ATA devices is just driver level raid,
>> so equivalent to using the built in lvm/md raid support that works with
>> any devices. At the high end there are a few hardware raid cards but they
>> rarely outperform ordinary ATA on PCI Express.
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> Hello Alan,
> 
> So, which type of raid adapter are you using ?
> 
> Thank for your help !
> 
> Edward.
> 
> 

Edward,

The cheapest 4-port raid cards are typically $300US, the 8-port cards are quite 
a bit more.   If you are a home user I would suggest not wasting your money on 
the HW raid, and has others mentioned it is not really worth the extra money for 
a home user, so use software raid.

Most of the cheaper cards are fakeraid and at best (if supported under DMRAID) 
are only slightly better than software raid.

                              Roger