Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2006 08:46:11 -0600 From: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" <chad@shire.net> To: Nikolas Britton <nikolas.britton@gmail.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Areca RAID Card. Message-ID: <B353A74B-DA62-4633-B5C5-16FD2CA503A5@shire.net> In-Reply-To: <ef10de9a0607220314j6f55c2d5x6f3219e6227017e9@mail.gmail.com> References: <ef10de9a0607220314j6f55c2d5x6f3219e6227017e9@mail.gmail.com>
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On Jul 22, 2006, at 4:14 AM, Nikolas Britton wrote: > The motherboard I just bought, SuperMicro X7DBE, has both PCI-X > 133MHz/64-bit and PCI-Express 8x slots, I can't decide what version of > the Areca card to get... I'd like to see some benchmarks of the > ARC-11xx (PCI-X) Vs. the ARC-12xx (PCI-Express). > > The PCIe device has a faster bus (PCIe 8x = 2000MB/s) but PCI-X is > tried and true and not too shabby (PCI-X 133/64 = 850MB/s) ether. > > I have the option of ether a 1130ML (Infiniband connections) or a plan > jane 1230. I've had troubles with SATA cables in the passed so the > 1130ML is very desirable from this stand point. Another thing I'm > worried about is the 1230 will have to much weight on the PCIe 8x slot > because of all the SATA cables. and routing them all is a pain. Does > anyone have a source for an ARC-1230ML? On the other hand I've never > tried the latching SATA cables yet... but the ARC-1130 is $40 > cheaper... I was just looking at the difference between the 1130 and the 1130ML. ML cables are EXPENSIVE and look heavier than 4 normal cables... I just ordered an 1120 from <http://www.topmicrousa.com/controllers-- tekram.html> and they were the cheapest I've seen. Will be needing an 1130 myself soon I think. Can't help you with the 1130 vs 1230. I would think the PCIe would be the way to go for future proofing your investment. best Chad > > I'll sleep on it for now... Thanks all. > > > -- > BSD Podcasts @: > http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/ > http://freebsdforall.blogspot.com/ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- > unsubscribe@freebsd.org" --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider chad at shire.net
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