Would it be cheaper to bang up a new box with a mobo with Raid 5 compatibility? On 11/04/2012 7:59 AM, "David Connors" <da...@codify.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 7:56 AM, Geoff Appleby <geoff.appl...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> >Does anyone out there have *first hand experience* in a third party >> RAID controllers for a whitebox that can push a good clip of IOPS in RAID >> No, but I can support your theory that cheaper is crapper. The only RAID5 >> I've used were cheap chards (read: less than 100 dollars) and they all >> failed me completely. I gave up and stopped using them at all (in my case >> buying a *good* RAID5 card was a budgetary no-no). >> > > That goes without saying. :) We'd be looking at spending ~$1000 for a DAS > controller. > > -- > *David Connors* | da...@codify.com | www.codify.com > Codify Pty Ltd > Phone: +61 (7) 3210 6268 | Facsimile: +61 (7) 3210 6269 | Mobile: +61 417 > 189 363 > V-Card: https://www.codify.com/cards/davidconnors > Address Info: https://www.codify.com/contact > >
