SATA RAID Controller Cards

ATA, also known as IDE (which stands for either Integrated Drive Electronics or Intelligent Drive Electronics, depending on who you ask), is a drive interface standard that's now sixteen years...

Pros: Fast and easy install. Worked right out of the box on debian. 3ware gets our business. Cons: We set a jumper on the drives before install based on reviewer comments about SATA 1 (1.5) instead...

You lorgnez on the Serial - ATA but hesitate to cross the Cape as your motherboard suits you very well? Adaptec has the solution need you: a controller Serial - ATA 150 on port PCI. So happy?

A decent entry-level RAID card Power users who want to take advantage of RAID are typically stuck between a rock and a hard place: their motherboard’s integrated RAID (the quality of which can vary...

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: It has a total of six ports, come with alot of goodies. Windows Vista installed in 18 minutes to the desktop on RAID 0. and takes about 20 seconds to boot into windows. Cons: Media or the...

Pros: No issues with linux kernel (CONFIG_SATA_SIL). It should work with just about any decent linux distro installer and stock kernel. Small, cool card (cool in both ways). SATA cable secured easily...

Pros: Does what it's suppose to do. What more could you ask for? Cons: Nothing at all.

Pros: Inexpensive price for a 16 port SATA controller. This was important to me since I had only one open PCI-X slot open. Cons: This is a software raid controller, even for Linux. The BIOS allows...

Our today's roundup will be devoted to five Adaptec RAID controllers. We will test not only the popular Serial ATA models, but also the solutions supporting SAS storage devices.

Dell PERC 6/i SAS - storage (RAID) controller - 2 channel SAS -300 Mbps - RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 - PCI Express x 8