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: Too many SATA HDD, What should I do ? SATA contorller card ?

ime2006
06-28-2009, 12:53 AM
I have nearly 15 SATA drives.
I am planing to put 10 of them (1TB each) into my Server case.
but mother board only has 6 SATA ports.

I will need a SATA controller card i guess.
So, What is a decent SATA controller card that runs stable ? and safe ?

Price range $200~300


Anyone can recommand one ?
asian_XL
06-28-2009, 05:20 AM
NAS?
Manic!
06-28-2009, 03:18 PM
Are you going to be running raid?
This will give you 4 more ports for $30.
http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku=19892
rageguy
06-28-2009, 04:22 PM
if you have a server, i strongly encourage you go with a pci-e u320 scsi card, with a 8 bay (or more if you want) u320 scsi enclosure.

reliable with redundancy, you can go up to raid 50, you'll be set for a long time.

http://www.maxtronic.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=79&Itemid=120
ime2006
06-28-2009, 09:57 PM
Are you going to be running raid?
This will give you 4 more ports for $30.
http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku=19892

It will be running on Vista.

and I wont run it on raid...

As long as its stable, and safe (no data loss) :)
ime2006
06-28-2009, 10:00 PM
if you have a server, i strongly encourage you go with a pci-e u320 scsi card, with a 8 bay (or more if you want) u320 scsi enclosure.

reliable with redundancy, you can go up to raid 50, you'll be set for a long time.

http://www.maxtronic.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=79&Itemid=120

WOW!! what can this babe do ?
rageguy
06-29-2009, 01:11 AM
rock solid enclosure, great cooling, low noise, 8 bays, support raid 50. this means your data will be a lot more safe. very fast speeds with u320 scsi.

the only problem is money. these things are not cheap.

so if money is a concern, i guess you can go with something like a rosewill esata enclosure...http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816132015
Soundy
06-29-2009, 01:38 AM
http://www.enhance-tech.com/products/desktop/t8_ip.html

We've got these on three sites now (well, one's a rack-mount version), 8x1TB, setup as RAID5 for 6.5TB available. These things are the shit. Hardware RAID5 is great - good performance, and data redundancy: if a drive dies, you just hot-swap it, and the system rebuilds the array automatically.