After the recent failure of one of my backup drives I looked at getting a NAS enclosure but the prices seemed a bit over the top for what I needed.
I've decided to add a raid 5 array into my new case but need a decent controller card.
It needs to have connections for 6-8 SATA II drives and have the ability to create multiple arrays. other than that I don't really know much about raid controllers or what makes a good one.
In the spur of the moment I brought one from a competitor, but their description wasn't correct and I need to sent it back as it only has 2 SAS ports but states "8 Internal SAS/SATA 3Gb/s Device Ports"
I'll be sending it back on Monday but have been told since that I should only really be looking at Dell and Megaraid cards.
The card I purchased is a Highpoint 2680LF
I'd appreciate any help in what I should be looking for.
I've decided to add a raid 5 array into my new case but need a decent controller card.
It needs to have connections for 6-8 SATA II drives and have the ability to create multiple arrays. other than that I don't really know much about raid controllers or what makes a good one.
In the spur of the moment I brought one from a competitor, but their description wasn't correct and I need to sent it back as it only has 2 SAS ports but states "8 Internal SAS/SATA 3Gb/s Device Ports"
I'll be sending it back on Monday but have been told since that I should only really be looking at Dell and Megaraid cards.
The card I purchased is a Highpoint 2680LF
I'd appreciate any help in what I should be looking for.
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