Fast and Secure: A Comparison of Eight RAID Controllers

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Scores And Features Table

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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

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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