raid controller recommendation

[Xose Vazquez Perez]

leam wrote:

> 2. There seems to be different levels of board; for example the 100MHz
> small system and the high-end boards that can handle up to 16 drives.
> Can you address recommendations on *both* ends of the spectrum? Are
> there eother product catagories?

intel i960(100Mhz) is the low end, and new intel Xscale 600-733-800 is
the high end. More info about chips: http://www.intel.com/design/iio/
All recent SCSI boards can handle at least 16 disks.

> 3. Please support statements of opinion with evidence of fact. "You are
> wrong." is an opinion. "3ware boards did not have a fast chipset until
> the 7xxx series." is a more factual statement. "I run 3ware boards with
> 16 disks in a production environment" is a statement of fact. What
> conclusions we draw from that are opinions.  :)

Today SATA is cheaper, and SCSI is faster and more secure.