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12:50 PM - November 30, 2007 by Patrick Schmid
Source: Tom's Hardware US – Keywords: SERIAL, RAID, CONTROLLERS, AMCC
Topics: Business Servers
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Manufacturer	Adaptec	AMCC	ARECA	Atto
Model	RAID 3805	3Ware 9690SA-8I	ARC-1680	ExpressSAS R348
Internal connectors	2x SFF 8087	2xSFF-8087	2xSFF-8087	2x SFF 8087
External connectors	na	na	1xSFF-8088	1x SFF 8088
Cache	128 MB DDR2 ECC	512 MB DDR2-533 ECC	512 MB DDR2-667 ECC	256 MB DDR2 ECC
Profile	Low Profile	Low Profile	Full Height	Low Profile
Interface	PCI Express x4	PCI Express x8	PCI Express x8	PCI Express x8
XOR Engine	Intel 80333 500 MHz	StorSwitch	Intel IOP 348 800 MHz	IOP 348 800 MHz
RAID Level Migration	yes	yes	yes	yes
Online Capacity Expansion	yes	yes	yes	yes
Multiple RAID Arrays	yes	yes	yes	yes
Hot Spare Support	yes	yes	yes	yes
Battery Backup Unit	optional	optional	optional	optional
RAID 5 init	1h 12min	1h 6min	18min	23min
RAID 6 init	1h 02min	1h 16min	18min	n/a
FAN	no	no	yes	no
Supported OS	Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) Novell NetWare 6.5 SCO OpenServer UnixWare Sun Solaris 10 x86 FreeBSD	Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista, RedHat EL 5, OpenSuSE 10.2, SuSE Enterprise (SLES) 10, Fedora Core 6	Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003, Linux, FreeBSD, Novell Netware 6.5, Solaris 10x86/x86_64, SCO Unixware 7.x.x, Mac OS x(no_bootable)	Windows Vista, Server 2003, XP, 2000 Mac OS X (10.4.x) Linux (Fedora, Red Hat and SuSE)
Other Features	Copyback Hotspare			DVRAID
Warranty	3 years	3 years	3 years	2 years
Price	$575	$700	$1000	$1095

Manufacturer	ICP	LSI	Raidcore/Ciprico
Model	ICP 5085BL	MegaRAID SAS 8888ELP	RC5252-8
Internal connectors	2x SFF 8087	2xSFF-8087	2x SFF 8087
External connectors	n/a	2xSFF-8088	n/a
Cache	256 MB DDR2 ECC	256 MB DDR2-667 ECC	-
Profile	Low Profile	Low Profile	Low Profile
Interface	PCI Express x4	PCI Express x8	PCI Express x4
XOR Engine	Intel 80333 800 MHz	PowerPC, 500 MHz LSISAS1078	software
RAID Level Migration	yes	yes	yes
Online Capacity Expansion	yes	yes	yes
Multiple RAID Arrays	yes	yes	yes
Hot Spare Support	yes	yes	yes
Battery Backup Unit	optional	optional	not required
RAID 5 init	57min	17min	2h 42min
RAID 6 init	57min	17min	n/a
FAN	no	no	no
Supported OS	Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) Novell NetWare 6.5 SCO OpenServer UnixWare Sun Solaris 10 x86 FreeBSD	Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4,5 SuSE 9.3, 10.1, 10.2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) Solaris 10 SCO Unix	Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4,5 SuSE 9.3, 10.1, 10.2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) Fedora Core 5,6
Other Features	Copyback Hotspare		Controller Spanning
Warranty	3 years	3 years	3 years
Price	$650	$850	$425

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