Can you recommend a RAID card?

[Assoul]

Just built a new rig with a Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 R5: http://amzn.com/B00ZYK7I8I

I'd like to purchase a dedicated RAID card that can support up to eight internal drives in a dual RAID-10 configuration. Can you recommend a card for this?


Thanks!

 

[frowertr]

Any of the LSI cards that can accept a cache module with a battery backup would be fine. They wont be cheap. Probably $400+ for a RAID card that isnt fake RAID.

Consider a single RAID 10 array instead of busting the spindles up and creating two.

Whats the driving force for hardware RAID here?

 

[Assoul]

Whats the driving force for hardware RAID here?

Update: RAID 10 is more awesomer.

 

[frowertr]

You know, just to be awesome.

Glad it's well thought out...

 

[bigi]

3ware 9650SE-8LPML. Get a battery backup too.

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[Railgun]

Areca 1880i

 

[mikeymikec]

3ware 9650SE-8LPML. Get a battery backup too.

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Given the OP's motivation to do this, I guess the UPS and backup generator shouldn't be forgotten either.

 

[Assoul]

Given the OP's motivation to do this, I guess the UPS and backup generator shouldn't be forgotten either.

We all buy trivial things once in a while. It's called having a hobby :thumbsup:

 

[dave_the_nerd]

SSDs would be faster and more awesome.

 

[master_shake_]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Genuine-LSI...742206?hash=item2a5e4d2bbe:g:NNsAAOSwzhVWs76L

LSI 9260-8i

140 dollars with bbu.

i have 3 running right now.

well 2 running and one on standby.

2 raid 6's and one raid 5.

other than needing a ton of air thrown at it they are great cards.

 

[master_shake_]

3ware 9650SE-8LPML. Get a battery backup too.

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if you only want to do up to 2tb drives sure.

 

[Assoul]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Genuine-LSI...742206?hash=item2a5e4d2bbe:g:NNsAAOSwzhVWs76L

LSI 9260-8i

140 dollars with bbu.

i have 3 running right now.

well 2 running and one on standby.

2 raid 6's and one raid 5.

other than needing a ton of air thrown at it they are great cards.

I was actually thinking of the Dell PERC H200: http://amzn.com/B00EHPD790

You can score one off ebay for under $60 and it seems to have the features I'd like. I'm not looking for anything crazy, just something that will allow redundancy and improved performance. It doesn't have a backup battery but do I really need one?

 

[master_shake_]

I don't use em.

I have 3 or four batteries but I never use em

Also I have that card too.

It's also good.

 

[frowertr]

So no cache then if you aren't using a battery?

 

[PliotronX]

So no cache then if you aren't using a battery?

At least with LSI controllers, you can force write-back in lieu of a battery but then you face greater risk of corruption during power loss. At this point it's probably cheaper to use a UPS than buy one of those NiMH bastards for the controller :sneaky:

 

[frowertr]

If the PSU takes a nose dive then the UPS won't help to prevent corrupted data if a write was taking place during the power failure.

So it wouldn't be wise to run a production or enterprise server this way, IMO, with a single PSU.

 

[holden j caufield]

there are a number of cheap cards that you can flash the firmware from a better RAID and it becomes the more expensive one.

 

[frowertr]

there are a number of cheap cards that you can flash the firmware from a better RAID and it becomes the more expensive one.

It takes more than just coding logic to make a crappy RAID card a great RAID card. It has to have the hardware on board in the first place.

 

[Carson Dyle]

You know, just to be awesome.

Well worth spending $400+ dollars for a card, as well as twice as much as needed on drive space. That's the kind of awesome any idiot would appreciate.

 

[Carson Dyle]

If the PSU takes a nose dive then the UPS won't help to prevent corrupted data if a write was taking place during the power failure.

So it wouldn't be wise to run a production or enterprise server this way, IMO, with a single PSU.

Something tells me the OP isn't running a mission critical server. Just call it a hunch.

 

[frowertr]

The OP long abandoned the thread. But I think it's still prudent to point out issues for others.

 

[Assoul]

Well worth spending $400+ dollars for a card, as well as twice as much as needed on drive space. That's the kind of awesome any idiot would appreciate.

Kind sir, please, do not use such language as it is offensive.

The OP long abandoned the thread. But I think it's still prudent to point out issues for others.

No, kind sir, I am still active here.