SATA/RAID-Capable Hard Drives and Motherboards
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Drives:
- Western Digital Raptor WD740 - The FASTEST drive out there - This is a 10,000 RPM Serial ATA drive!
- Hitachi Deskstar 400GB (7K400) - Hitachi rated #1 in 7200RPM catagory!
- Hitachi Deskstar 40-250GB (7K250)
- Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 (ST3160023AS)
- Maxtor 250GB SATA Ultra Series Kits
- Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 (6Y160M0)
- Western Digital WD Caviar SE SATA (WD2500JD) - (My Drive!)
- StorageReview.com "Leaderboard" -> Shows Best/Fastest HDrives...Good forum, too.
- A comparison table of fastest SATA 250GB HDs
- RAID-0 Striped-Set time table for 4 of fastest drives
Serial ATA Controller Boards:
- SiI (Silicon Image) 3112 Sata Controller - 2 Port
- SiI (Silicon Image) 3114 Sata Controller - 4 Port
- SiI (Silicon Image) 3124 Sata Controller (PCI-X) - 4 Port
- Promise SATA150 TX2 Sata Controller - 2 Port
- Promise SATA150 TX4 Sata Controller - 4 Port
- Promise FastTrak S150 TX2 PCI Serial ATA RAID Controller (TX2plus) - 2 Port
- Promise FastTrak S150 TX4 PCI Serial ATA RAID Controller (TX4) - 4 Port
- Promise FastTrak S150 SX4 PCI Serial ATA RAID Controller (SX4) - 4 Port
- Promise FastTrak S150 TX4 PCI Serial ATA RAID Controller (64MB ECC)(SX4-M) - 4 Port
- The MARVELL Family SATA and SATA II (PCI-eXpress)! Controllers
- Adaptec SATAConnect 1205SA - 2 Port
- Adaptec Serial ATA RAID 1210SA - 2 Port
- Adaptec Serial ATA RAID 2410SA - 4 Port
- Adaptec Serial ATA RAID 2810SA - 8 Port
- Adaptec Serial ATA RAID 21610SA - 16 Port!
- 3Ware Serial ATA RAID Controllers (8000 Series) - Up to 12 Ports - $$$ :)
- 3Ware Serial ATA RAID Controllers (9000 Series) $$$ :) 410MBps! Benchmark - Up to 12Ports
