RAID SSD controller?

rkruz

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Im looking at packaging Solid State Drives into a RAID array for write speed.

Who makes these sorts of controllers?

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Is that your one review under Sam1961 on the egg?

My advice is skip the RAID for SSD, they are more than fine for a single user system.
 

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Would you give me a guess on what kind of interface this raid card is going to be used for?
 

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I'm using the force....

It tells me PCI-X????????????????????????????
 

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I really must be missing something! Santilli, why are you busy promoting raid controllers for archaic buses for a SSD application? Don't you realize that old cards won't have been designed for the throughput that is so desirable with an SSD?

Software raid! or at least a very modern raid card using the PCI express bus
 

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I really must be missing something! Santilli, why are you busy promoting raid controllers for archaic buses for a SSD application? Don't you realize that old cards won't have been designed for the throughput that is so desirable with an SSD?

Software raid! or at least a very modern raid card using the PCI express bus

Very curious. A sockpuppet?
 

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I really must be missing something! Santilli, why are you busy promoting raid controllers for archaic buses for a SSD application? Don't you realize that old cards won't have been designed for the throughput that is so desirable with an SSD?

Software raid! or at least a very modern raid card using the PCI express bus

He never mentioned what interface he was going to use for this setup.

I agree, by the way.
 

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8i = eight internal ports. I thought you were familiar with SAS. They are SFF ports. The cables are not included.
 

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Looks like a decent number of ports for the money. Greg, it uses the SFF-8087 cable to be more specific. You can then buy a SFF-8087 to SAS which would be a 1 to 4 breakout cable. This style is pretty handy especially if you decide to go with a case that handles SFF-8087 on the backplane...then you only need to run two cables to connect 8 drives on the backplane.
 

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Sounds good, if it works.
One of the things I didn't like about the SCA 'backplane' from Supermicro was that each drive required it's own SATA cable. Not a 'backplane', at least to me, if that's the case(excuse the pun;-)

How much are the cables?
 

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I ordered the controller and 2 Adaptec SFF-8087 to 4xSAS/SATA cables. I hope it works in the old computer.
 

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Looks like a decent number of ports for the money. Greg, it uses the SFF-8087 cable to be more specific. You can then buy a SFF-8087 to SAS which would be a 1 to 4 breakout cable. This style is pretty handy especially if you decide to go with a case that handles SFF-8087 on the backplane...then you only need to run two cables to connect 8 drives on the backplane.

Obviously the controller is relatively cheap because it is not built for RAID 5 or 6. However, I will use it for individual drives or maybe a pair of SSDs in RAID 0.

I did not investigate yet, but there should be a passthrough adapter to use 4 drives in an external enclosure with a single cable of some sort.
 

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Going to be intresting to see if the chipsets allow you anywhere near what the controller and drives are going to be capable of.
 

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Presumably it is capable of SATA 6Gps as advertized, though I have no such devices. I don't know the limitations of the motherboard. PCIe 8x should be fast enough.
 

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Controller delivery was on Monday. Cables are still MIA. What kind of shipping plan is that?
 

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The outer box was totally smashed, almost half of the size. WTF is up with the USP?
 

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Argh. I should have purchased one of the 1m SFF to SATA cords.
 

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Damn, the heatsink on the chip is hot enough to burn the small toe!
 

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I'm wondering if it is possible to boot off the card. The drives are not clear in the BIOS.
 

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Who, except for an orang-outan, probes electronic parts' temperature with his toe?

You shouldn't take that "Hairy Aussie" title THAT seriously, you know.
 
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