Re: SATA RAID5 PCI-X adaptor (with xor engine) other than 3ware?

[Maarten Vink <vink@interstroom.nl>]

Soenke von Stamm wrote:

> Long gabble, short question:
> Which are the most decent SATA RAID-5 controllers which are at most 19cm long 
> (better 17), sport four SATA ports to the top* side and run stable under 
> 2.6.1x amd64 kernels (native driver/ debian maintained module)? Decent 
> performance is needed of course and PCI-X. Experiences?
>
> Does anyone have experiences with this one: 
> http://www.areca.us/products/html/pcix-sata.htm
>
> OSS drivers are available, but I don't like the fan. At all :-(

Hi,

Have a look at: http://www.tweakers.net/reviews/557

This is a review of a number of SATA raidcontrollers; the areca controllers are 
the clear winners in this comparison. RAID5 performance on both the 3ware 8500 
and 9500 series turns out to be very bad in comparison.

Regards,

Maarten Vink