View Full Version : Confused - Which Areca raid card to choose?
minpayne
09-06-2012, 09:52 PM
I'm looking for a raid card for my Intel S1200KP motherboard. (The LSI 9240-8i is known to be incompatible with the motherboard.) The fileserver has 4 x 4TB Hitachi HDD, and 1 x Intel X25-E 64GB.
I'd like to run the 4 HDDs in raid 0 (no redundancy required) via a PCI-E raid card, while the X25-E 64GB is connected directly to the native SATA port on the motherboard.
OS will be Debian Linux (2.6.xx kernel) on the X25-E 64GB.
Ideally I want a raid card with some cache, and has internal ports to connect at least 4 HDDs (preferably SATA3 but I guess SATA2 would also work fine as the sequential speed of HDD is only around 160MB/s?). If the price for 8 HDDs is not significantly greater then I'd consider that too. The raid card must be reliable to sustain 24/7 heavy load!
I'm quite confused by the product lists on the official website, and I have no idea how the model numbers reflect generations.
tived
09-11-2012, 03:34 AM
Hi,
I just got the Areca 1882ix-24, its a bit early days but given what Computurd is archiving here with it I would have to say its a go.
Maybe get the 12 or 16 channel one so you have some room to expand
Henrik
The S1200KP is an Mini itx board - right? Did you want to go something small factor - or can the raid controler be bigger than the actual board?
1231ML, 1880-1882 are all brilliant controlers - do you have a budget in mind?
minpayne
09-11-2012, 05:09 AM
Hi,
I just got the Areca 1882ix-24, its a bit early days but given what Computurd is archiving here with it I would have to say its a go.
Maybe get the 12 or 16 channel one so you have some room to expand
Henrik
I'm quite confused by the number of channels. Does 2 x SF8087 connectors have only 8 ports?
The S1200KP is an Mini itx board - right? Did you want to go something small factor - or can the raid controler be bigger than the actual board?
1231ML, 1880-1882 are all brilliant controlers - do you have a budget in mind?
The case is Lian-Li TU200 (VGA Card length: 300mm). I assume there shouldn't be any clearance problems for any raid controller?
Budget would be something within 1000 USD.
tived
09-12-2012, 01:37 PM
2 x SF8087 connectors is 8 ports
the 1882ix24 is the same length as a 580GTX GeForce, but you also have to at, depending on what controller you get, where the cables are connected, as in my case, the 4 of the 6 SF8087 connectors are at the back, so I need more room
though I use the LIAN LI 2120v
i hope this helps
Henrik
I'm quite confused by the number of channels. Does 2 x SF8087 connectors have only 8 ports?
The case is Lian-Li TU200 (VGA Card length: 300mm). I assume there shouldn't be any clearance problems for any raid controller?
Budget would be something within 1000 USD.
not sure what your priorities are with that configuration...but the 1231ML with max cache should be more than fine to handle those 4 drives blindingly fast...1882 is currently the cram of the crop - but might be overkill?
minpayne
09-14-2012, 08:53 AM
not sure what your priorities are with that configuration...but the 1231ML with max cache should be more than fine to handle those 4 drives blindingly fast...1882 is currently the cram of the crop - but might be overkill?
I just assumed that a raid controller with PCI-E 2.0 x8 and 8 ports of SATA III interface would offer maximum bandwidth if one day I plan to play with SSDs?
tived
09-14-2012, 06:11 PM
If you are looking for cheap then there is also Highpoint 27xx if you read www.thessdreview.com ...there are some very good articles there, and its dirt cheap compared to the Areca's and LSI's
Henrik
PS: there is also now PCIe 3 to contend with!!! just to add to the complexity of getting something thats future proof!!!!