suggestions for SATA controllers (PCI-X or PCI-E), e.g. Highpoint, wanted

Hi!

Has anyone experience with a Highpoint SATA raid controller like the 1820A?

The reason why I ask:

We want to build a server with software raid with more than 4 SATA 
drives (only on the data partition side). We will probably use software 
raid 6 for it, but need a PCI-X or PCI-Express SATA controller with at 
least six ports. The mentioned one is one that could probably do the job 
and is not too expensive. We would not use the Highpoint raid firmware, 
but misuse the card only as SATA host adapter.

Has abybody used a card like that for this or can anyone sugest a better 
(cheap) solution in the USD 200 region?

Thanks for your comments, Norman.
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Norman Schmidt          Institut fuer Physikal. u. Theoret. Chemie
Dipl.-Chem. Univ.       Friedrich-Alexander-Universitaet
schmidt@naa.net         Erlangen-Nuernberg
                         IT-Systembetreuer Physikalische Chemie

Norman Schmidt wrote:

Hi!

Has anyone experience with a Highpoint SATA raid controller like the 
1820A?

The reason why I ask:

We want to build a server with software raid with more than 4 SATA 
drives (only on the data partition side). We will probably use 
software raid 6 for it, but need a PCI-X or PCI-Express SATA 
controller with at least six ports. The mentioned one is one that 
could probably do the job and is not too expensive. We would not use 
the Highpoint raid firmware, but misuse the card only as SATA host 
adapter.

Has abybody used a card like that for this or can anyone sugest a 
better (cheap) solution in the USD 200 region?

Thanks for your comments, Norman.

Anyone....? going once... ....

Tyler.


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Has anyone experience with a Highpoint SATA raid controller like the
1820A?

I have. and it sucks so badly.

On 9/18/05, Tyler [off-list ref] wrote:

Norman Schmidt wrote:

quoted

Hi!

Has anyone experience with a Highpoint SATA raid controller like the
1820A?

The reason why I ask:

We want to build a server with software raid with more than 4 SATA
drives (only on the data partition side). We will probably use
software raid 6 for it, but need a PCI-X or PCI-Express SATA
controller with at least six ports. The mentioned one is one that
could probably do the job and is not too expensive. We would not use
the Highpoint raid firmware, but misuse the card only as SATA host
adapter.

Has abybody used a card like that for this or can anyone sugest a
better (cheap) solution in the USD 200 region?

Thanks for your comments, Norman.

Anyone....? going once... ....

Tyler.


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Raz Ben-Jehuda(caro) schrieb:

quoted

quoted

Has anyone experience with a Highpoint SATA raid controller like the
1820A?

I have. and it sucks so badly.

Could you elaborate?

Thanks, Norman.

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Norman Schmidt          Institut fuer Physikal. u. Theoret. Chemie
Dipl.-Chem. Univ.       Friedrich-Alexander-Universitaet
schmidt@naa.net         Erlangen-Nuernberg
                         IT-Systembetreuer Physikalische Chemie