Thread replies: 15
Thread images: 4
Thread images: 4
Can I get a recommendation on a hardware RAID card so I can make a RAID5 from 4x 8TB HDs.
My mobo doesnt support drives over 2TB.
Bought a used LSI 9420-i4, lots of issues, PC wont boot with it installed for one.
Picked up a sil3124 software raid card, capacity wont add up, and 25mb/s write speed in RAID5.
Is there a good hardware raid card under $200?
Need 4x 6Gb/s SATA ports, and RAID5 capability.
>>
File: 1498160665500.jpg (34KB, 680x440px) Image search:
[Google]
34KB, 680x440px
There really isn't. Just use software RAID, negroid
>>
Try Windows Storage Spaces™ friend
>>
>>61035938
>Not using ZFS
>>
>>61035938
fuck off nigger
>>
>>61035992
name a price then, new or used
>>61036057
i want a hardware card
>>61036074
windblows
>>61036096
im not
>>
>>61035938
Buy a Synology raid box and load your drives into it. Great interface and performance. Stay away from WD though the HDD's (red) are good.
>>
>>61039127
>Synology
>They want $1100 for an expander box that's nothing more than a case + power supply + cable
>>
>>61039179
I'm not talking expander box. I mean a standalone NAS. Not the cheapest, but very, very good. Unless your time is worthless and you like to fuck around, well then...
>>
>>61039254
You could just buy an enclosure with built in raid-5 for half the price and faster speed with eSata/USB3.
>>
File: 1463822143822.jpg (150KB, 620x465px) Image search:
[Google]
150KB, 620x465px
>>61035938
RAID5 is practically useless as a means of preserving data. The only option for redundant storage is mirrored. The failure rate for rebuilding a RAID5 array with massive drives is incredibly high, and even Linus Shill Tips got BTFO'd by it. You can also easily google for reviews of RAID cards to find what suits your needs, or simply look at the most popular offerings from newegg or other sites.
>>
>>61039555
>The only option for redundant storage is mirrored
Fuck off Seagate/WD shill.
Raid 6 is fine.
>>
>>61039473
If you just want bare-bones software, that's true. But if you want choice of FS (btrfs, ext4, etc), raid options (hot swapping, etc.), applications (servers: DNS, GIT, mail, web, DLNA, etc.), system options: power scheduling, WOL, access controls, fault notification, and a big community w/lots of 3rd party s/w then it's worth the money.
>>
>>61039803
OP wants a RAID, not a home server.
>>
>>61039819
It is a raid, on steroids. We run 4 of them (total 72Tb), and except for 1 HDD faliure no issues for 3+years.
Thread posts: 15
Thread images: 4
Thread images: 4