[Pc_Support] 3Ware question

[Bryan J. Smith]

William Warren <hescominsoon at emmanuelcomputerconsulting.com> wrote:
> I have a PE SC430 running SBS2k3 Standard.  I have dual 160 gig
> SATA hdd's that i want to run in RAID-1.  Which card would you all
> recommend i track down for this machine?
> The pci slots are 32-bit 33mhz.  i have 1-1x 1-4x and 1-8x pci-e 
> available.

For just two (2) SATA drives, either use software RAID-1 or a 3Ware
Escalade 8006-2 -- although the latter is least ideal with a legacy
32-bit @ 33MHz card.

For four or more (4+) SATA drives, consider an Areca ARC-12xx series
PCIe x8 card if you have an available PCIe x8 or x16 slot.



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