Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 31 Jan 2006 19:50:07 +0100 | From | Sander <> | Subject | Re: [OT] 8-port AHCI SATA Controller? |
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Lennart Sorensen wrote (ao): > On Tue, Jan 31, 2006 at 07:39:29PM +0100, Sander wrote: > > Not sure about the two port, but for example the SX8 is 180 dollars at > > pricewatch.com, while an Areca 12-port starts at 756 dollars. That is > > 22.5 dollars per port vs 63 dollars per port. More or less the same goes > > for 3Ware. > > Hmm, well the 24 port is listed at 1278, so less per port than the 12 > port for sure, but if you only need 8, then well... :)
Actually, I need 24 ports :-) But 3x SX8 sets me back 540 dollars according to pricewatch, which is less than half.
> Of course I doubt there is that big a market for an 8 port NON raid > card, which might explain why there doesn't seem to be any. Of course > if there aren't any it is hard to have a market exist for them.
True.
> > Of course you can't compare Areca/3Ware with the SX8 feature-wise, but > > all I need JBOD. > > Well personally I have never seen more than 4 ports per card on a non > hardware raid card. That doesn't mean they don't exist, but it makes > it a lot less likely that they exist in my book. :)
Fakeraid controllers are less expensive, and would do too of course :-)
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