Stick with onboard SATA controller instead of dedicated one, along with seperate 3ware?
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From: Arno Wagner on 3 Dec 2007 16:43 Previously markm75 <markm75c(a)msn.com> wrote: > I'm brainstorming a new server.. i've decided to go with a 12 drive > case for this one.. which means the 8 port pci-e 3ware card now needs > to be a 12 port.. > But.. this motherboard > http://www.atacom.com/program/print_html_new.cgi?cart_id=8580932_66_122_195_5&Pagecode=SEARCH_ALL&Item_code=MBXE_SUPE_X7_04&USER_ID=www > already has 6 sata and raid5 and raid10 ability... > Would it be a bad idea to use the onboard one for the extra 4 drives? > This server will house 3 sql instances, file serving, antivirus > central server, but the user base is 40 and 2 of those sql instances > are low hit rates. > Would i see that much more performance for the extra $250 it would > cost to put them all on the same card.. or in fact.. might it be > better just to split them up in fact. Depends on your access patterns. On-board ''RAID'' is typically fakeRAID. It is not faster than software-RAID, but less flexible and if the board dies you may have a recovery problem. If you are satisfied with the 3ware controller's performance but need 12 RAIDed disks, I would advise you to get a 12 port controller. Otherwise put a true software RAID on the remaining 4 disks. Arno |