SlackerXL
03-05-2006, 12:33 PM
After my rather unpleasant experience from my two Maxtor atlas 10kV on a crappy perc3/dc controller
(raid 0 performed worst than one single drive with both burst and average speeds topping @ 70Mb/s>>>)
I decided to re-evaluate the whole matter
what all you storage gurus think its the best way to go?
A) sell both maxtor atlas 73gb 10kVs
and get 2 more 36gb raptors (already have two of them in raid 0) for a cheap quad onboard array on my
Ich7r
B) Get a good scsi u320 controller (pci-x or pci-e x8) like the Intel INT-SRCU42E (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16816117005)
and try to make the best out of the two scsi drives
(currently collecting dust on my desk)
C) sell both maxtor atlas 73gb 10kVs and the 2x36gb raptors
and get myself a good pci-e sata2 raid controller
like the areca ARC-1220 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16816131004)
and three 74gb Raptors
a few things that must be taken under consideration before replying:
i currently have a motherboard that features 2x 64bit pci-x slots (ASUS P5WDG2-WS)
but since i upgrade my system twice a year
i don't think i will easilly find another mainstream board with such features
so i kinda think pci-x is a limiting factor ( considering that the prementioned controller costs about 700$!)
could an 8port sata2 hardware raid controller like the Areca host
both my OS array and a datastorage raid5 array?
thanks in advance
and i really look forward to see what you guys think about it...
(raid 0 performed worst than one single drive with both burst and average speeds topping @ 70Mb/s>>>)
I decided to re-evaluate the whole matter
what all you storage gurus think its the best way to go?
A) sell both maxtor atlas 73gb 10kVs
and get 2 more 36gb raptors (already have two of them in raid 0) for a cheap quad onboard array on my
Ich7r
B) Get a good scsi u320 controller (pci-x or pci-e x8) like the Intel INT-SRCU42E (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16816117005)
and try to make the best out of the two scsi drives
(currently collecting dust on my desk)
C) sell both maxtor atlas 73gb 10kVs and the 2x36gb raptors
and get myself a good pci-e sata2 raid controller
like the areca ARC-1220 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16816131004)
and three 74gb Raptors
a few things that must be taken under consideration before replying:
i currently have a motherboard that features 2x 64bit pci-x slots (ASUS P5WDG2-WS)
but since i upgrade my system twice a year
i don't think i will easilly find another mainstream board with such features
so i kinda think pci-x is a limiting factor ( considering that the prementioned controller costs about 700$!)
could an 8port sata2 hardware raid controller like the Areca host
both my OS array and a datastorage raid5 array?
thanks in advance
and i really look forward to see what you guys think about it...