Hardware SCSI Raid Controller Reccomendations

[Quitch]

I'm looking to purchase a SCSI Raid Controller, hardware not software, which support RAID 0. The problem is, reviews of this sort of stuff seem a little thin on the ground. The card is for home use, not for a server. Can anyone direct me to some reviews of this type or card, or perhaps make some reccomendations?

 

[JSA2]

Depends on what ur wanting to do with the machine....

Gaming, Video Editing, DataMining, etc., etc.

If u want a 32-bit RAID card the can handle all RAID levels, not just 0/1....go with a AMI ExpressRaid 500 Ultra160 Single Channel w/32meg Battery Backed Cache. (Cards are fast and inexpensive)

If u want a 64-bit RAID card u have quite a few different choices....depends on what speed u wanna go...Ultra2, Ultra160, Ultra320....

Adaptec, AMI/LSI Logic, and Mylex, are the main brands to stick with...

If u just want striping, which is not cached. your best bet is an Adaptec Ultra320 29320-R Card....Not a true raid card, but for striping it will work just as well.

Joe

 

[woolmilk]

ICP is also recommended.
Personally, I have a Mylex170.

 

[Quitch]

This is simply for a PC which will be running two 15K Cheetah 36GB drives, a DVD drive, and possibly a writer. I understand their are different speeds, but what is the real difference? Is the full bandwidth used, or is it like IDE where the difference between ATA100 and ATA133 is 0 because the HDs cannot keep up?

The most intensive activity on this PC will probably be gaming.

What is caching used for then?

I am unfamiliar with ICP in relation to RAID. What is that?