FWIW, I once used a Norco for a similar environment, it and the company was a complete POS. Still sitting on the shelf waiting to be tossed. Stay away...
As for the card, get a MegaRAID SAS 9280-24i4e, make sure it has a battery. Solid line of cards, I have all sorts in various setups from esxi servers to storage clusters that run perfect. jlc From: Mark Smith [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 9:05 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: 24 port SAS RAID 6 Card? Hello Everyone, I'm thinking of building a storage server for a test environment. So performance and availability don't have to be the best. I'm considering this case http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811219038&cm_re=24_bay_case-_-11-219-038-_-Product Trying to keep the costs down and looking for your recommendations on a storage controller. Looks like I need a 24 port SAS controller for this case. I want RAID 6 and 6 Gb/s would be nice. I'm assuming a RAID card with an additional expansion card would be the best value? Thanks in advance, Mark ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
