Raid card for Crucial RealSSD C300

[nanofrog]

How the heck did I miss this thread?

Impressive results you've got there. Thanks for proving benchmarks and pictures!

The Areca RAID Forum is another site that might interest you.

 

[Vanamonde]

Both of those cards are bootable once you flash the firmware to the EFI version (can get it off of the disk that comes with it, or off of the support site).

Between the two, the Areca is a better choice (better price/performance ratio; includes internal cables, which are about $30USD each if you have to buy them, so it saves you another $60 or so as well as the price difference between the models). Provantage is a good site, has great prices, and even ships internationally (Areca ARC-1880i).

You'll also need a mount of some sort (MaxUpgrades has a kit that will fit 8x 2.5" SSD's in a single optical bay - it also includes cables to get power to the drives; here).

Awesome thx!

I'll go with the Areca. I also ordered a DX4, so all I need is a way to mount 4 SSD drives into the standard drive bays, and connect those to the Areca card.

Cheers, that info was very helpful!

 

[Vanamonde]

You might want to check this comparison test on the crucial SSDs

http://macperformanceguide.com/SSD-RealWorld-SevereDuty.html

Damn. If I had seen this before I would have gone with the OWC drives. I'm not scared of using my warranty on the crucial drives though. And with this many in the array the 6Gb/s drive speed may make a difference. Also, v6 firmware I believe is much better than the old v2.

We shall see though.

 

[Transporteur]

The Areca RAID Forum is another site that might interest you.

Cheers! I'll have a look.

BTW: Did I actually write proving? Providing was what I was looking for.