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mikem891
I want to add 4 WD caviar black 1TB 3 Gb/s SATA hard-drives in RAID 10
in my system, but I do not want to use firmware/driver-based/fake/
hostRAID so I won't use my motherboard's RAID capability (ASUS P6T
deluxe V2 in RAID 5) and use hardware RAID instead. I'm planning to
buy an adaptec RAID controller card.
At first I wanted the Adaptec RAID 1420SA because it supports SATA II,
but then I saw that it was using hostRAID so it's not a true hardware
raid.
Then I was looking at the Adaptec RAID 2405 card which is perfect for
me, but It's not SATA II. I know that SATA II is a misnomer, but I
found it really hard to know what exactly it means for adaptec. doest
SATA II = SATA 3 Gb/s? Because on the 2405 specifications it doesn't
support SATA II but there's 3 Gb/s transfer rate per ports. So does
the 2405 will support my WD caviar black HDs at there full capacity or
should I look for a SATA II card? I find it really confusing because
no one seems to have the same definition for SATA II. And on adaptec's
site I do not find any SATA II product that fits my needs (price &
compatibilities) except the 2405.
Any comments and advises will be greatly appreciated. even if it means
buying another product than adaptec's cards.
Thanks in advance
in my system, but I do not want to use firmware/driver-based/fake/
hostRAID so I won't use my motherboard's RAID capability (ASUS P6T
deluxe V2 in RAID 5) and use hardware RAID instead. I'm planning to
buy an adaptec RAID controller card.
At first I wanted the Adaptec RAID 1420SA because it supports SATA II,
but then I saw that it was using hostRAID so it's not a true hardware
raid.
Then I was looking at the Adaptec RAID 2405 card which is perfect for
me, but It's not SATA II. I know that SATA II is a misnomer, but I
found it really hard to know what exactly it means for adaptec. doest
SATA II = SATA 3 Gb/s? Because on the 2405 specifications it doesn't
support SATA II but there's 3 Gb/s transfer rate per ports. So does
the 2405 will support my WD caviar black HDs at there full capacity or
should I look for a SATA II card? I find it really confusing because
no one seems to have the same definition for SATA II. And on adaptec's
site I do not find any SATA II product that fits my needs (price &
compatibilities) except the 2405.
Any comments and advises will be greatly appreciated. even if it means
buying another product than adaptec's cards.
Thanks in advance