Controller Cards

Everyone is waiting for Intel’s next LGA 1155 chipset announcement, which we previewed in Intel Z68 Express Chipset Preview: SSD Caching And Quick Sync . Z68 is expected to fix shortcomings of the...

Pros: I had this card for over 2 years now. It's sitting in a sever that is on all the time. It's connected to 8 1TB drives in Raid5. Never had a problem with it. Never lost data. Never locked up.

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: Great Support for RAID Arrays. Contrary to another review, I know for a fact you can boot off this controller.You cannot, however, boot a single device. It's a RAID controller afterall. Create...

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Today we are going to introduce to you a hardware RAID 5 controller from HighPoint that supports SATA-II and SATA150 hard disk drive, advanced PCI-Express interface, both command queuing...

Newegg.com - HighPoint RocketRAID 640 PCI-Express 2.0 x4 SATA III (6.0Gb/s) Controller Card...

Pros: Promise makes the best PCI IDE, and probably SATA cards around. They just work!! Cons: There is nothing negative about Promise PCI cards!!

Pros: Easy to install and configure. The Fasttrax build utility is easy to understand and work with. The program to monitor the array from the desktop is also easy to work with. Handles RAID10 so I...

Pros: Worked as expected right away. Cons: None Found. Other Thoughts: Thanks Newegg.

Pros: InexpensiveEasy installWorks greatGives expected SATA-1 throughputComes with half-height bracket Cons: Doesn't do the dishes Other Thoughts: Installed these in a couple of old Dell GX260...

Pros: I was very impressed when I opened the box.Comes with two (2) SATA cables, two (2) Molex-to-SATA power adapters, one (1) UDMA ATA cable, low profile brackets, drivers on CD AND Floppy.Drivers...

Pros: I converted my old Compaq desktop into an Ubuntu machine subsequent to a disk failure. The install, which was from a CD, went flawlessly. Cons: None. Other Thoughts: Good price.

Pros: don't know of any. Full hardware control 2 port RAID 0 or 1 (I Needed RAID 1 to replace a NetCell controller that is slow) Cons: It was my fault that I ordered a PCI-X interface board instead...

Pros: Extensive software features available through a web browser. Support for nearly any operating system as well. 3Ware support and drivers = reliable and consistent, which is what matters when you...

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...