We have some Adaptec 3405 cards with Server 2003. They work well. We have two boxes with 4 drives set to RAID 5, three more boxes with two drives set to RAID 1. Get the battery so you can enable the write cache. Card and battery was around $450. The card runs HOT, make sure the box has ventilation. The array manager software has adequate alerting for our needs (email, annoying alarm, write to evt log, etc). They can use SATA II and SAS drives. We use SATA II and they are fast enough. Never tried SAS though. Note that when writing, they are about 70% as fast as our Poweredge servers using RAID5.
HTH, Devin On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 1:05 PM, Richard Stovall < richard.stov...@researchdata.com> wrote: > I have one machine with an Areca 1130 that has been great. I think it > cost around $600. 12 ports sounds like overkill for what you’re looking > for, but there is a model 1210 that’s PCI-e with 4 ports. I haven’t used a > 1210, but so far the 1130 has been rock solid. Actually had to use the > array roaming feature the other day and it worked like a charm. > > > > http://www.areca.com.tw/products/pcie.htm > > > > People love the 3ware cards, but we’ve had two that were absolute dogs. > > > > *From:* Eric E Eskam [mailto:ees...@usgs.gov] > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 20, 2009 1:38 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Looking for good PCI Express SATA controller > > > > > I need a quick recommendation from someone actually using one of these > things with Server 2003 - validation that it works with SBS 2003 would be > even better. > > I'm just looking for two ports, Hardware RAID 1 (mirroring), support for > native command queuing, SATA 3 speed (preferable) and most importantly > stable Windows server drivers. Ability to boot from the controller is also > a requirement. > > While the Internet is full of information, finding the *most pertinent* > information isn't always that easy. So if someone has a good SATA PCI > Express SATA controller that they are happy with, please reply with > make/model. > > Thanks! > > Eric Eskam > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > The contents of this message are mine personally and do not reflect any > position of the U.S. Government > "The human mind treats a new idea the same way the body treats a strange > protein; it rejects it." > - P. B. Medawar > > > > > > > > > > -- Devin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
