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: 8 SATA ports, PCIeX4, onboard memory and raid 5 calculations, excellent compatibility, no problems with my Asus P6T. Actually allowed me to raid 5 4X 750GB Caviar Black drives without issue!

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: Cost Effective and FAST. I have been running a RAID 5 array since 2010 using WD RE3 drives. Not one hiccup or any other issue. Email of alerts is a great feature since I am rarely at this site.

Pros: Add IDE RAID capabilities to newer systems. Cons: The divers/firmware are poorly written. You can't boot to dives on the card. The card works fine until the computer enters any suspend state.

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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: works great - with linux. Ubuntu 9.04 recognized it right away. Cons: Windows XP 64bit could not find a driver (not a big deal for me, but could be to some) Other Thoughts: I use this for my...

Pros: Installed easy for me. Has worked flawlessly for over two months. Cons: None. Other Thoughts: I installed the card on a box with an MSI K8N Neo4 MB. I only have two HDDs connected, one to each...

Pros: Great interface after POST, great performance on an 8-drive RAID5 using both mini-SAS channels. Cons: Software is a bit dated-looking, but works reliably, which is really what counts. I guess...

Pros: Nice for the older IDE / PCI equipped computers. I had an existing Windows 7 installation on a Dell. Installed the card, installed XP signed drivers downloaded from Promise site and windows 7...

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: The performance of this card is absolutely outstanding. With write cache on, battery backup, and the machine plugged into a UPS to avoid data loss, I couldn't be happier. I have this card in a...

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...

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...