I have one machine with an Areca 1130 that has been great. I think it cost around $600. 12 ports sounds like overkill for what you're looking for, but there is a model 1210 that's PCI-e with 4 ports. I haven't used a 1210, but so far the 1130 has been rock solid. Actually had to use the array roaming feature the other day and it worked like a charm.
http://www.areca.com.tw/products/pcie.htm People love the 3ware cards, but we've had two that were absolute dogs. From: Eric E Eskam [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 1:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Looking for good PCI Express SATA controller I need a quick recommendation from someone actually using one of these things with Server 2003 - validation that it works with SBS 2003 would be even better. I'm just looking for two ports, Hardware RAID 1 (mirroring), support for native command queuing, SATA 3 speed (preferable) and most importantly stable Windows server drivers. Ability to boot from the controller is also a requirement. While the Internet is full of information, finding the *most pertinent* information isn't always that easy. So if someone has a good SATA PCI Express SATA controller that they are happy with, please reply with make/model. Thanks! Eric Eskam =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= The contents of this message are mine personally and do not reflect any position of the U.S. Government "The human mind treats a new idea the same way the body treats a strange protein; it rejects it." - P. B. Medawar ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
