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Ed Kummel · 11-07-2007, 03:54 PM

I guess it all depends on what you want.
Raid 1-0 is a good starter Raid level. Unfortunatly, it really isn't as speedy as say a raid 5...
The raid card with a dedicated memory cache is going to be speedy! Believe me, it makes a difference when you talk about RAID without cache and RAID w/cache. Since you will be doing multiple writes to multiple drives on each write cycle, you want to offload this task. an onboard Cache will do just that.
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Ed Kummel Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 4 OS: All Windows all the time	Re: Add-On RAID controller vs. Built-In I guess it all depends on what you want. Raid 1-0 is a good starter Raid level. Unfortunatly, it really isn't as speedy as say a raid 5... The raid card with a dedicated memory cache is going to be speedy! Believe me, it makes a difference when you talk about RAID without cache and RAID w/cache. Since you will be doing multiple writes to multiple drives on each write cycle, you want to offload this task. an onboard Cache will do just that. Ed web/gadget guru