Re: {Disarmed} Re: Re: Windows home server

[Neil Spellings <lists2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mal Lansell wrote:
> For that £180 (or
> thereabouts) you can buy a motherboard with 9 internal SATA connectors
> (for example, the Abit AB9), a Core2Duo processor and 1Gb of RAM.

[...]

> The server will run faster and consume less
> power too.

Most RAID cards use between 8-10W, so power consumption is negligent
compared with the drives themselves.

Also I don't think I've ever seen a case where the bundled motherboard
RAID solution will outperform a dedicated hardware PCI(X) RAID card.

AMCC have a good (but obviously biassed) comparison on their website:

http://www.3ware.com/products/pdf/HWvsSW_111804.pdf


Cheers,


Neil
www.purleyhosting.com