I currently have an external sans digital raid enclosure with 5 seagate 3tb 7200rom drives in raid5 and connected via esata. It was mainly used to store larger files, cheap solution, but I recently consolidated some drives in my system and have been using the array for pretty much everything else besides the OS. With more i/o hits now I'm noticing this thing doesnt really cut it and I'm looking to get a good controller.
I was looking at the LSI 9265-8i or the Adaptec 6805... Most reviews I'm reading lean towards the LSI especially with SSD but I only plan on using HDs so I'm not sure if its worth the extra money. Basically looking to get the best performance I can out of a raid5 or maybe raid6 array. Can anyone recommend one with this type of setup?
I was looking at the LSI 9265-8i or the Adaptec 6805... Most reviews I'm reading lean towards the LSI especially with SSD but I only plan on using HDs so I'm not sure if its worth the extra money. Basically looking to get the best performance I can out of a raid5 or maybe raid6 array. Can anyone recommend one with this type of setup?