[BlueOnyx:04582] Re: Hardware Raid Question

[Steffan]

The areca is a hardware raid with is own cpu
http://www.areca.com.tw/products/pcietosas01.htm 
So looks like the best option 


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Onderwerp: [BlueOnyx:04581] Re: Hardware Raid Question

Steffan wrote:
> Hello
> 
> I have a question
> Im thinking of buying a Intel Server
> No i have two options
> 1 supplyer says i can better take a Areca raid controller because the
Intel
> Raid controllers (Intel SR2600URLXR server) somethimes has problems with
> linux software and Areca is faster then Intel
> 
> The other supplyer says that he never heard abouth that
> Any experiance in this ?

Hi Steffan,
Generally speaking, so long as it is a *TRUE* hardware RAID, you should 
be fine.

I would *NOT* trust most of the "onboard RAID" controllers, since they 
typically use a software component rather than handle everything native 
in the hardware.   Therefore, I would probably go with the 
recommendation to use the additional hardware RAID card.

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