The Arecas are a lot faster than the 9550, more noticeable with disk counts from 12 on up. At 8 disks you may not see much difference.
The 3Ware 9650 is their answer to the Areca and it put the two a lot closer. FWIW we got some Arecas at one point and had trouble getting them configured and working properly. - Luke On 7/11/08 6:26 AM, "Jeff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've got a couple boxes with some 3ware 9550 controllers, and I'm less than > pleased with performance on them.. Sequential access is nice, but start > seeking around and you kick it in the gut. (I've found posts on the internets > about others having similar issues). My last box with a 3ware I simply had it > in jbod mode and used sw raid and it smoked the hw. > > Anyway, anybody have experience in 3ware vs Areca - I've heard plenty of good > anecdotal things that Areca is much better, just wondering if anybody here has > firsthand experience. It'll be plugged into about 8 10k rpm sata disks. > > thanks > > -- > Jeff Trout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > http://www.stuarthamm.net/ > http://www.dellsmartexitin.com/ > > > > >
