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VideoRaid ST Alternative & HP XW8600
Hi all,
I recently put together a shopping list to create a Videoraid ST alternative at about 40% of the price with a HP Z400 Tower. It included –
1 – ATTO R380 SAS PCI-E Card
2 – AIC T5 (XJ-SA12-005) 5 Bay JBOD Tower
3 – 5 x Hitachi “Saturn” E7K1000 1TB drives – HDE721010SLA330However we were hoping that we could use our existing HP XW8600 instead with the inbuilt LSI SAS controller card and forego the need to purchase the ATTO R380.
I understand that the LSI unit only supports RAID 0, 1 and 10, but as I have no problem working in RAID 0 for my existing projects, I was wondering would the storage still be viable without the ATTO R380?
Many thanks
Brian -
2 Replies
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don’t be “penny wise and pound foolish”. Buy the ATTO R380 (or the cheaper single port ATTO R348 – same card, but only one port – you only need one port). This is a great card, it’s the Supported card, and does RAID 5 perfectly. This card is used by countless manufacturers in addition to AVID. Bite the bullet, and buy the ATTO.
Bob zelin
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Bite the bullet I will! Cheers Bob, thanks for the advice!
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