That's odd, I've never had a problem with a Promise controller. That being said, the "real" raid cards would handle performance issues better.
--Matt Ross Ephrata School District ----- Original Message ----- From: Phil Brutsche [mailto:p...@optimumdata.com] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysad...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:27:31 -0700 Subject: Re: Quick hardware recommendation > *choke* > > Promise cards are the ORIGINAL %$*#() cheap crappy fakeraid cards. > > You're not going to gain anything by using them instead of the %$*#() > cheap crappy on-board fakeraid. > > If all you have available is a PCI slot you have exactly ONE option: > > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E1681613100 > > If you have a PCI-E slot available (preferably 4x or 8x) you have quite > a few more options: > > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816116041 > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816151031 > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816103092 > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816103097 > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816118106 > > The first 2 are PCI-E 1x cards, the others require 4x or 8x slots. Most > of those are SAS cards, so you'll need a SAS SFF-8087 to SATA fanout cable. > > All of the cards I have listed here are true RAID cards. On-board CPUs, > 64MB -> 512MB RAM, BBU options, etc. > > Matthew W. Ross wrote: > > For an inexpensive, but not "cheap" card, you could go with a > > Promise. The Promise FastTrak TX2300 would do the job if you need a > > PCI solution. > > -- > > Phil Brutsche > p...@optimumdata.com > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
