suggestions for SATA controllers (PCI-X or PCI-E), e.g. Highpoint, wanted

suggestions for SATA controllers (PCI-X or PCI-E), e.g. Highpoint, wanted

[Norman Schmidt]

Hi!

Has anyone experience with a Highpoint SATA raid controller like the 1820A?

The reason why I ask:

We want to build a server with software raid with more than 4 SATA 
drives (only on the data partition side). We will probably use software 
raid 6 for it, but need a PCI-X or PCI-Express SATA controller with at 
least six ports. The mentioned one is one that could probably do the job 
and is not too expensive. We would not use the Highpoint raid firmware, 
but misuse the card only as SATA host adapter.

Has abybody used a card like that for this or can anyone sugest a better 
(cheap) solution in the USD 200 region?

Thanks for your comments, Norman.
-- 
Norman Schmidt          Institut fuer Physikal. u. Theoret. Chemie
Dipl.-Chem. Univ.       Friedrich-Alexander-Universitaet
schmidt@naa.net         Erlangen-Nuernberg
                         IT-Systembetreuer Physikalische Chemie

Re: suggestions for SATA controllers (PCI-X or PCI-E), e.g. Highpoint, wanted

[Tyler]

Norman Schmidt wrote:

> Hi!
>
> Has anyone experience with a Highpoint SATA raid controller like the 
> 1820A?
>
> The reason why I ask:
>
> We want to build a server with software raid with more than 4 SATA 
> drives (only on the data partition side). We will probably use 
> software raid 6 for it, but need a PCI-X or PCI-Express SATA 
> controller with at least six ports. The mentioned one is one that 
> could probably do the job and is not too expensive. We would not use 
> the Highpoint raid firmware, but misuse the card only as SATA host 
> adapter.
>
> Has abybody used a card like that for this or can anyone sugest a 
> better (cheap) solution in the USD 200 region?
>
> Thanks for your comments, Norman.

Anyone....? going once... ....

Tyler.


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Re: suggestions for SATA controllers (PCI-X or PCI-E), e.g. Highpoint, wanted

[Raz Ben-Jehuda(caro)]

> > Has anyone experience with a Highpoint SATA raid controller like the
> > 1820A?
I have. and it sucks so badly.

On 9/18/05, Tyler <pml@dtbb.net> wrote:
> Norman Schmidt wrote:
> 
> > Hi!
> >
> > Has anyone experience with a Highpoint SATA raid controller like the
> > 1820A?
> >
> > The reason why I ask:
> >
> > We want to build a server with software raid with more than 4 SATA
> > drives (only on the data partition side). We will probably use
> > software raid 6 for it, but need a PCI-X or PCI-Express SATA
> > controller with at least six ports. The mentioned one is one that
> > could probably do the job and is not too expensive. We would not use
> > the Highpoint raid firmware, but misuse the card only as SATA host
> > adapter.
> >
> > Has abybody used a card like that for this or can anyone sugest a
> > better (cheap) solution in the USD 200 region?
> >
> > Thanks for your comments, Norman.
> 
> Anyone....? going once... ....
> 
> Tyler.
> 
> 
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Re: suggestions for SATA controllers (PCI-X or PCI-E), e.g. Highpoint, wanted

[Norman Schmidt]

Raz Ben-Jehuda(caro) schrieb:
>>>Has anyone experience with a Highpoint SATA raid controller like the
>>>1820A?
> 
> I have. and it sucks so badly.

Could you elaborate?

Thanks, Norman.

-- 
Norman Schmidt          Institut fuer Physikal. u. Theoret. Chemie
Dipl.-Chem. Univ.       Friedrich-Alexander-Universitaet
schmidt@naa.net         Erlangen-Nuernberg
                         IT-Systembetreuer Physikalische Chemie