ultim_8
join:2002-07-30
Byron, GA
| PCI-x Sata II Raid card.
I'm trying to turn a Dell Precision 650 Workstation into a home server. The existing SCSI drives will be for the host o/s. I've got 2 seagate 1.5 tb sata drives that I'd like to mirror across for redundant storage.
I'm looking to get a pci-x sata raid card, not fakeraid, a true hardware raid. From what I can tell, this Dell has a pci-x 1.0 100 mhz slot.
Link to dell: »support.dell.com/support/edocs/s···#1118040
I believe that most of the cards I've looked at ex: LSI MegaRAID SATA 300-8X, won't work because it requires a 5 volt 133 mhz slot.
Link to LSI: »www.lsi.com/storage_home/product···dex.html
Anyone know if these cards are backwards compatible? If not, any suggestions on what card to buy?
Thanks in advance. |
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sdgthy
@optonline.net | PCI-X is required to be 3.3V compatible.
BTW: All the Dell PERC (RAID) cards are made by LSI.
I never been impressed with LSI cards, I'd recommend Arcea/Tekram, or a recent Adaptec. |
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ultim_8
join:2002-07-30
Byron, GA
| Being on a budget, I went ahead and ordered the lsi megaraid 300-8x for $80. It should be here in a few days, I'll let you know how it works out.
Hopefully these 1.5tb Seagates are good. I've read a ton of bad reviews on them. I think the latest firmware fixes some issues they originally had.
Thanks for your input. |
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ultim_8
join:2002-07-30
Byron, GA | Got the card installed, works fine. Only issue was I couldn't boot off of the onboard lsi scsi controller. So I had to scrap my original plan and put everything on the sata drives.
Thanks for the help! |
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