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This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/Storage_Controllers Recent content written about Storage Controllers en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_489632730756?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author igglue - EMC and Intel worked together to bring this offering.  I am not a fan for EMC for several reasons.  But that's mostly an in-depth technical reasons (culture at EMC and working with Iomega.  Which EMC acquired and rumor has it that this... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~489632730756 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:28:10 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_489632730756?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_460785028740?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author s-o-m-e-g-u-y - I purchased this controller card with the intentions of creating a RAID 5 array from four Western Digital WD6400AAKS drives, and wasn't dissapointed.  Right off the bat, it's pretty clear that this controller card isn't one that's going to break any... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~460785028740 Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:51:50 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_460785028740?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_438731509380?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author exapplerep - It is not compatible with OS9. It is not compatible with OSX from 10.3.6 and newer. If your Mac is running OSX versions from 10.3.5 or OLDER, this is okay. Otherwise, expect crashes and corrupted data. There is no firmware update that will resolve... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~438731509380 Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:03:02 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_438731509380?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_433128967812?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author brianpbarnes - The day I installed the highpoint rocketraid 2310, my windoz xp machine started crashing frequently and numerous programs behaved strangely. Firefox crashes when downloading files and can not be killed except with a reboot. Real Player saturates 1 CPU... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~433128967812 Mon, 9 Jun 2008 12:54:36 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_433128967812?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_416403721860?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author furrow1 - This is a PCIe 1x controller for up to 4 SATA drives. Supports SATA1 and SATA2. Modes include JBOD, RAID0, RAID1 and RAID5. Supports two extents (two logical RAID volumes) that can be of different types, such as one RAID0 extent and one RAID5 extent... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~416403721860 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:55:36 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_416403721860?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_351540186756?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author paulphoto - Two weeks ago I bought this PCI-X SCSI controller card as a package deal that included a Fujitsu MAX3036NP SCSI 15K RPM 36GB drive and a 5-device Ultra320 68-pin SCSI cable. Actually, I wanted the Fujitsu MAX3036NP SCSI hard drive for its superior... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~351540186756 Sun, 22 Apr 2007 13:58:27 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_351540186756?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_344187440772?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author cs_opinion - The spec sheet says it does RAID level 5. I have seen very little evidence of this fact. Consider the nightmare of two different systems, two different customers, both loosing over 2TB all on a controller sold as supporting RAID 5. Adaptec's support... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~344187440772 Fri, 6 Apr 2007 03:57:57 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_344187440772?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_340563758724?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author cs_opinion - The spec sheet says it does RAID level 5. I have seen very little evidence of this fact. Consider the nightmare of two different systems, two different customers, both loosing over 2TB all on a controller sold as supporting RAID 5. Adaptec's... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~340563758724 Fri, 30 Mar 2007 01:37:02 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_340563758724?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_340275728004?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Gr8ful - I have had this controller card for about three years and I have used it in three different computers to add extra storage. The controller card works pretty well for maintaining a RAID array and it is easy to use to when setting up an RAID array from... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~340275728004 Wed, 28 Mar 2007 23:39:43 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_340275728004?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_331071196804?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author klaynaxis - I've got two of these in my Opteron based workstations at home. I decided to purchase these based on the fact that upgrades are painful, and using an external RAID controller would eliminate the need to continuously reinstall if I changed my hardware... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~331071196804 Sat, 10 Mar 2007 10:08:20 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_331071196804?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_199227248260?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author tfreeland - These work great. I give them 5 stars. Simply plug one end into your hard drive, zip drive, cdrom or other ide device, and the other into you usb port. Great for transfering files from a notebook to cheaper bigger hard drive, for back up or for storage... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~199227248260 Wed, 26 Jul 2006 01:16:18 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_199227248260?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_243326815876?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Gr8ful - I have been writing about my latest and most advanced PC purchases for quite a while and had totally overlooked one of the most used pieces of computer equipment in my electronic arsenal. Since June of 1999, I have had a SCSI hard drive running on this... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~243326815876 Thu, 20 Jul 2006 17:43:52 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_243326815876?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_241825386116?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Gr8ful - While considering an upgrade to add more USB ports to my media server I came across this gadget. I decided to purchase this card to eliminate the cluster of peripheral cards in my media server and increase the airflow inside the case. This card is an... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~241825386116 Thu, 13 Jul 2006 04:55:34 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_241825386116?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_240624242308?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author dnyberg - Note: All dollar references are in US Dollars. To do a proper job of explaining my expectations and experiences with the Acard 6897, I should briefly review IDE RAID terms first. Fear not, I'll keep this quick, since many people interested in IDE RAID... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~240624242308 Thu, 6 Jul 2006 22:09:49 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_240624242308?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_219500613252?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author suemccartin - I used to own only one SATA drive, now I have two. The first drive didn't work out in the application I wanted it for so I bought an external case with power supply to use it in. My motherboard doesn't come with external connectors for the SATA ports... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~219500613252 Wed, 1 Feb 2006 11:48:42 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_219500613252?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_216889659012?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author visualecho - This card is a horse. It's never failed me, the diagnostics are fantastic, it's screaming fast. I never worry about losing data, it's just not going to happen. Do yourself a favor and spend the extra money, it's worth it. After you get used to these,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~216889659012 Sun, 8 Jan 2006 21:32:16 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_216889659012?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_215290056324?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author nimbledogs - 87% Faster running a single disk than my SATA RAID running off the motherboard SATA ports. RAID: two Seagate SATA 160 Gig drives running off the two SATA ports on my MSI Neo Plat II motherboard. Sisoft gives a score of 31 Mb/s Adaptec 1205SA: one... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~215290056324 Mon, 26 Dec 2005 09:44:25 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_215290056324?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_212406537860?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dlenos - Bought, installed with 3 300GB WD HD's and had the RAID 5 array up and going in an hour (took that long to init the drives)... have had no problems with it, array works great... would highly... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~212406537860 Mon, 28 Nov 2005 18:47:42 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_212406537860?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_208963538564?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author the_toddfather - I've used several of these cards in video editing workstations and they are great. I've never had a problem with them. I'll use four, 400GB SATA drives in a RAID5 configuration which gives me protection against a drive failure with fast write and very... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~208963538564 Thu, 20 Oct 2005 16:11:56 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_208963538564?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_208961965700?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author the_toddfather - This is a great 4 port SATA card. It is only 1.5Gb and not the newer 3Gb, but it does have SATAII functionality like removable drive support and NCQ. I could have purchased the newer 3Gb version of this card but realized that the newer card only has... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~208961965700 Thu, 20 Oct 2005 15:58:22 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_208961965700?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_197001449092?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author tigerwild - I have owned the 3ware 9500S-8MI PCI 2.2 w/128MB ram on the card for 6 months now, using it in a personal computer/server configured with a 1.6 terabyte RAID5 (1.09T usable with 4x400Gig SATA HD's). Using this card for everything (Gaming, internet... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~197001449092 Sun, 25 Sep 2005 07:18:32 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_197001449092?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_192536743556?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author quango - If you are building a server or workstation and expect to need lots of RAID protected storage, and need to keep the cost down this is the card for you. With 8 sata connectors it can handle 8 drives in raid 0,1,0+1 and 5 configurations. Mine runs two RAID... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~192536743556 Tue, 9 Aug 2005 05:31:43 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_192536743556?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_192023400068?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author john-k - I have an older computer that uses ATA Hard Disk Drives. This Adaptec 1200A RAID Controller works. I have tried RAID-0, RAID-1 and RAID-0+1. There are some quirks to the drivers with XP. A quick call to Tech Support will solve that. Better... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~192023400068 Wed, 3 Aug 2005 23:19:06 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_192023400068?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_191786684036?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author emelr - D-Link has almost built a good network storage solution. Compared to running an old PC as a file server, it doesn't use much power; it's quiet; it doesn't heat up my office. I've added two USB II hard drives (one's a converted drive from a dead... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~191786684036 Mon, 1 Aug 2005 21:29:33 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_191786684036?linkin_id=8003929