Tired of researching, 3ware 9750 or lsi 9261 and intel x-25mg2 or vertex turbo?

[Tiltevros]

Alas the 3ware though doesn't have "SSD GUARD" the Megaraid 9261 does? Also Lsi just came out with MegaRAID FastPath for ssd. Could i used Megaraid Fastpath with 3ware 9750(same company?) Seems like they are slower with the 3ware development? Anybody know the the major differences between 9261 and 9260? Here is the product page for LSI 9261, 3Ware and all LSI controller comparison pdf file

LSI-9260 and LSI-9261
Are the same controllers only the 9261 has ports down
Now for the SSD gaurd yeah future thing cant say no more

6x intel x-25mg2 160GB(SSDSA2M160G2R5) or 6x-ocz Vertex Turbo 120GB(1VTXT120G) in a raid 50, cant decide on the hardrives,lol?-Will store database program and storage- The ocz forum is very active, seems like they are at a mature firmware stage 1.5, but the ocz vertex turbo is OVER-CLOCKED, but better long term native trim/garbage collection/self wear leveling? The intel as we all know is rock solid, after some major issues, but I am wondering about the intel longterm native trim/garbage collection/self wear leveling? The recent benchmarks do not include the newest intel firmware for x-25mg2, so past reviews are somewhat misleading.

I have G1's and G2's newest firmware on them and i have them for 8 months.
I only have degradetion problem after 6 mounths ( 8,53TB writes to my G1's )
no problem till now (plz god dont be cruel to me for saying that)
But i dont think that u r going to need SSD for 5-10 ppl for SQL services.
For my work im using 8 intels E series 64GB's for 459 accounts on oracle DB's and holding 4,22ms of latency for an execute in heavy hours
with a dual CPU E5520 xeons. But an advice for me.. go to SAS just for the reason that One_hertz told you.

Need suggestion on what to do about external offsite back up? Esata hardrive-LaCie 2big Quadra Enterprise-1TB-5year warranty or SimpleTech Duo Pro Drive by hitachi-1TB raid 1, 3year warranty or G-SAFE by hitachi-1TB raid,3year warranty? Not sure why hitachi has these two different brands?

For me Tape drives / streamers is the answer if u can afford
and a security deposite for ur data files yeah like the movies

[Spoiler]

I agree with Tilt.

For the amount of people you are serving, mechanical SAS drives would be more than sufficient. In my opinion, one of the only main differences you would see between SAS HDD's and SSD's would be power consumption.

Also: my advice for the OS drive would be two drives in Raid 1.

Also: I second the notion for a better backup system. You need onsite backup as well as secure off-site. Preferably a different medium (i.e. Tape)