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Scores And Features Table

Fast and Secure: A Comparison of Eight RAID Controllers
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Manufacturer 3Ware Adaptec Dawicontrol Dawicontrol
Model Escalade 7850 ATA Raid 1200A DC-100 Raid DC-133 Raid
Total judgement [Points] well 89 satisfying 77 well 80 satisfying 77
Performance (60 %) [Points] 90 94 93 88
Configuration (30 %) [Points] 92 47 52 52
Service (10 %) [Points] 70 64 90 90
Internet www.3ware.de www.adaptec.com www.dawicontrol.com www.dawicontrol.com
Price $499/€580 $120/€140 $55/€63 $69/€79
Technical data
E-IDE-Interface U-DMA/133 U-DMA/100 U-DMA/100 U-DMA/133
# channels 8 2 2 2
Max. hard disks 8 4 4 4
Cache Maximum/installed 2/2 MByte no/no no/no no/no
Raid levels supported 0, 1, 5, 10, JBOD 0, 1, 0+1, JBOD 0, 1, 0+1, JBOD 0, 1, 0+1, JBOD
Controller chip 3Ware Highpoint HPT370A Highpoint HPT370 Silicon Image SiI 0680
Configuration
External Interfaces no no yes yes
Flash-Bios yes no yes yes
Drivers
Windows 98/Me yes/yes yes/yes yes/yes yes/yes
Windows NT 4.0/2000/XP yes/yes/yes yes/yes/yes yes/yes/yes yes/yes/yes
Service and Support
Warranty 36 months 36 months 60 months 60 months
Additional Service replacement no replacement replacement
Manufacturer Highpoint Highpoint LSI Logic Promise
Model Rocket Raid 133 Rocket Raid 404 Megaraid i4 Fast Trak TX2000
Total judgement [Points] satisfying 76 well 82 well 85 satisfying 76
Performance (60 %) [Points] 94 94 87 88
Configuration (30 %) [Points] 50 70 81 55
Service (10 %) [Points] 46 46 84 69
Internet www.highpoint-tech.com www.highpoint-tech.com www.lsilogic.com www.eventus.de
Price $85/€100 $120/€145 $290/€350 $110/€135
Technical data
EIDE interface U-DMA/133 U-DMA/133 U-DMA/100 U-DMA/133
# channels 2 4 4 2
Max. hard disks 4 8 8 4
Cache maximum/installed no/no no/no 16/16 MByte no/no
Raid-Level supported 0, 1, 0+1, JBOD 0, 1, 0+1, JBOD 0, 1, 3, 5, 10, 30, 50 0, 1, 0+1, JBOD
Controller chip Highpoint HPT372A Highpoint HPT374 Silicon Image Sil 0649 Promise PDC20271
Configuration
External Interfaces no no no no
Flash-Bios yes yes yes yes
Drivers
Windows 98/Me yes/yes yes/yes yes/yes yes/yes
Windows NT 4.0/2000/XP yes/yes/yes yes/yes/yes yes/yes/yes yes/yes/yes
Service and Support
Warranty 24 months 24 months 60 months 24 months
additional services no no yes replacement
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