3Ware Controller Cards

This article is going to reopen the series of tests devoted to RAID controllers, which was temporarily absent from our regular review schedule. Today we are going to talk about a new lineup from AMCC...

Pros: This card is great for linux. Most kernels have built-in support No grub boot-loader issues. With linux hardware-raid is the only hassle-free way to go. Cons: A bit expensive Other Thoughts: It...

We resume testing multi-channel SATA-RAID controller cards. Today we are going to introduce to you a not very new, but certainly revolutionary solution from 3ware - 3ware 9500S-8 controller. Find out...

The 3ware ESCALADE 8500-12 SERIAL (8506-12 kit) features the only 12 and 8 port SATA RAID controllers available on the market today, with support for up to 3TB of storage per controller. The Escalade...

Pros: see other thoughts Cons: see other thoughts Other Thoughts: ePlanet Design's review perfectly described my experience with this card, and my motherboard is a evga 680i SLI.

Pros: Incredably fast tru XOR RAID-5 with 256MB write cache. Battery backup for the cache is avalible for another hundrad and change. Solid card and design. Nice long cables 36", about as long a...

Pros: I read a lot about all of the leading cards before selecting the 9650SE. I purchased 6 150GB Raptors with it. and added a second array of WD5000's. There is a bit of a learning curve to setting...

Pros: Kin to 3ware's good reputation.....and others have gotten it to work. Cons: Bought two of these to put in Dell Poweredge SC440 Servers....neither card would work. The BIOS would not even post,...

Pros: Newegg gave me my refund with no problems, I'm a Newegg customer for life! Cons: I did various HDD benchmarks and was capped at 100MB/s with my WD Raptors. I tried my on-board RAID and my...

Pros: Great RAID controller, easy to set up and maintain. Cons: Little pricy Other Thoughts: This was the first RAID controller I have ever set up and it went perfect. Over a year now and no issues...