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I have 5 x 2.0TB disks. I wanted to set them up in RAID 5 on my Asus Sabertooth Z77. I got everything working, but it turned out the Intel onboard RAID-controller is so terribly slow, it gives me a maximum of 17MB/s write speed because of the Parity-things it has to do.
Now I want an alternative.
I'm not affraid to spend some money, but I won't go too far over €100,-
I'm going to put a lot of my Media on this RAID-array and will use it as NAS for other PC's in my network and maybe even as personal cloud. So it would be nice if the data is a bit secure. It's not important enough to go RAID1 though. I have a seperate RAID-1 running for more important DATA.
Most people would say: GET A DEDICATED RAID-CONTROLLER!
I would love that, but the problem is, I'm out of PCIe space....
My 2 GTX680's cover most of the PCIe slots. I could only put my Soundcard in a PCIe x1 slot above the top GPU.
I don't know how real this PCIe extension cables are, and if I could fit one to crawl out underneath my bottom GPU to a PCI Bracket just below the motherboard (My case has enough space).
If this is adviced, what controller would be best for RAID-5.
Another option, RAID-controllers connected through SATA? I've seen some RAID-controller that are connected to 1 SATA port while they manage a RAID-volume on their dedicated controller. I can't find any SATA-600 ones, so I guess they are not very popular.. But if this is an option, it's even easier.
Any help would be great, thanks!
Now I want an alternative.
I'm not affraid to spend some money, but I won't go too far over €100,-
I'm going to put a lot of my Media on this RAID-array and will use it as NAS for other PC's in my network and maybe even as personal cloud. So it would be nice if the data is a bit secure. It's not important enough to go RAID1 though. I have a seperate RAID-1 running for more important DATA.
Most people would say: GET A DEDICATED RAID-CONTROLLER!
I would love that, but the problem is, I'm out of PCIe space....
My 2 GTX680's cover most of the PCIe slots. I could only put my Soundcard in a PCIe x1 slot above the top GPU.
I don't know how real this PCIe extension cables are, and if I could fit one to crawl out underneath my bottom GPU to a PCI Bracket just below the motherboard (My case has enough space).
If this is adviced, what controller would be best for RAID-5.
Another option, RAID-controllers connected through SATA? I've seen some RAID-controller that are connected to 1 SATA port while they manage a RAID-volume on their dedicated controller. I can't find any SATA-600 ones, so I guess they are not very popular.. But if this is an option, it's even easier.
Any help would be great, thanks!
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