Quote Originally Posted by One_Hertz View Post
Seems to be significantly slower than onboard in every benchmark that doesn't measure the cache speed... Read access times doubled... Why are you using the Areca versus ICH? The ACARD is like the definition of a device that deserves to have a more direct connection. The CPUs on currect RAID cards can not keep up with the amount of IOs the Acard is spitting out.
Yes, but I think the fact that the acards can only run at sata I speed is slowing things down alot. I will contact areca and see what I can find out.