[mythtv-users] Another take on large-capacity disk enclosures

[Raymond Wagner]

Alex Butcher wrote:
> LSI MegaRaid SATA 300-8X
> <http://www.lsi.com/storage_home/products_home/internal_raid/megaraid_sata/megaraid_sata_3008x/> 
>
>
> More expensive, but can have battery-backed RAM and uses an i960 to 
> provide
> hardware RAID IIRC.
The problem is they're not looking for hardware RAID at all, in addition 
to the $400 price froogle comes up with.  Better option might be this one...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816118100
It's fairly 'dumb' as far as hardware RAID goes, and about twice the 
price of the Supermicro controller, but it's cheaper and will probably 
give better performance than low end Promise and HighPoint cards.  It's 
also multilane, so you need breakout cables or a compatible backplane.