External Storage With RAID: Proware DP-405CI

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Proware DP-405CI Inside

Proware uses simple steel panels for the system housing. The edges are smoothed, and the case has a solid finish to it. An Areca ARC-600 serves as RAID controller, controlling the four UltraATA hard drives. A variation based on Serial ATA is quite feasible, although performance would not benefit from it - the interface to the system would quickly obviate the slim advantage. And right now, UltraATA drives are still cheaper than their SATA cousins.

Very good: Proware even included a hardware XOR unit with 64 MB cache memory for high-speed parity data generation.

Patrick Schmid
Patrick Schmid
Editor-in-Chief (2005-2006)

Patrick Schmid was the editor-in-chief for Tom's Hardware from 2005 to 2006. He wrote numerous articles on a wide range of hardware topics, including storage, CPUs, and system builds.