[ale] RAID card for home use?

[Jim Kinney]

New vs. Used.

RAID cards that can do 5 or 6 are $400+

http://www.acmemicro.com/Product/14302/LSI-9341-8i-Single-8-Port-Controller-LSI00407-MegaRAID-SAS3-12Gbps-2xSFF8643-PCIe-Low-profile-Single+Cable?pager_index=
Valid point... I guess adding one more drive for RAID5 won't break the bank.
haha!

LSI Logic 9270-8i....
- Amazon: $565
- eBay: $160

The cards look identical.... crazy price difference!

/Raj


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
> Solomon Peachy
> Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2015 10:40 PM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [ale] RAID card for home use?
>
> If you're not going to use the "R" part of RAID, then there's no point in
> bothering with anything beyond what's on the motherboard.
>
>  - Solomon


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