From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Adam Goryachev Subject: Re: OT: silent data corruption reading from hard drives Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2012 11:27:42 +1000 Message-ID: <5019D78E.30609@websitemanagers.com.au> References: <50191ADE.10809@fastmail.fm> <5019D052.4000409@hardwarefreak.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <5019D052.4000409@hardwarefreak.com> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids On 02/08/12 10:56, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > Your drives cost anywhere from $400-$1000, yet your controller maybe $50. Do I really need to say any more? Spend $150-250 on a decent SAS/SATA controller such as an LSI or Adaptec and you won't have to worry about this kind of thing. On a related note, is there a specific model card you would suggest that fits the following: a) 4 or 8 ports b) PCI (for older systems) c) affordable (note, not cheap, but not expensive) d) does not need to support RAID since we will use software raid anyway I am always unsure, and see very cheap SATA cards (around $50) and worry as you suggest, and very expensive (around $1000), and feel that is a waste of money for what should be a fairly simple card. Also, would you use on board controller, or prefer to always use an external controller? Or is it worthwhile using a combination (in case of controller failure)? Thanks for your opinions. Regards, Adam -- Adam Goryachev Website Managers www.websitemanagers.com.au