
Again, if I can get a personal recommendation from someone with experience I have no problem taking a chance on a brand unknown to me. I need something reliable since it will be installed into a 2019 server and placed in a colo.Ĭost, I'd like to stay between $100-$200 but am somewhat flexible when it comes to quality. RAID 6 (ADG) RAID 60 Advanced Capacity Expansion Mirror splitting and recombining in offline mode Drive Erase Performance optimization for video on demand To access SAAP features, you must purchase a license key from HP. What I am in need of is a 4 Port RAID controller card with throughput of 12Gb/s or 6Gb/s. In any event, I need personal recommendations for additional quality brands. Because it uses two parity stripes, RAID 6 can withstand two disk failures before data loss, making it one of the most fault-tolerant levels available. I attempted to use an LSI 9260-8i in another server and was severely disappointed (failed after 2 days, its BIOS was reminiscent of DOS and was poorly worded). RAID 6, or double-parity RAID, is a standard RAID level that offers reliable long-term data retention and is good for archiving. I've used an LSI 9361-i8 in a Windows Datacenter 2019 server and was/am impressed. Amazon and other sites are flooded with various models, some quite old.

LSI seems to be the way to go except it appears the company has changed hands a number of times and today Broadcom owns it.

Today things have changed and Adaptec appears marginalized in the market, and quite pricey.
