On 13-08-12 02:37, Phil Turmel wrote:
On 08/12/2012 08:04 PM, Jonathan Tripathy wrote:
Now, onto the topic of PCIe adapter. I was looking at this:
http://www.cclonline.com/product/42541/PEXSAT32/IDE-SATA-SCSI-Cards/StarTech-2-Port-SATA-6-Gbps-PCI-Express-SATA-Controller-Card/CNT1075/
Is that a bad model? Seems a little on the cheap side? Can anyone
suggest a good model?
Amazon users aren't impressed. But the limitation is really the PCIe x1
v2 bus interface: 500MB/sec. Two SSDs would certainly overwhelm it, and
any other similar card.
I have a similar card, the Highpoint 620, in an older system at home
(PCIe v1): it maxes out at 200MB/sec.
So, it depends on what you want it to do.
{I'll let others make card recommendations--I prefer to *listen* to those.}
http://azerty.nl/0-1036-67180/promise-sata300-tx4-controll.html
That card usually gives good results. If you can find the following,
those are very good:
http://azerty.nl/0-1640-381070/lsi-megaraid-sas-9211-8i-sto.html
There are other, perhaps even more simple cards from LSI with very good
properties
Cheers,
Rudy -- who uses LSI cards, and still has some promise cards in use.
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