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Best IDE (PATA) RAID 5 controller ?

What is the best hardware IDE (PATA) raid controller with RAID 5 support ?

I purchased a LSI MegaRaid i4 from eBay for ~$60 and have had nothing but problems with it, so I need to chaulk it up as a loss and look for another one... Any suggestions?

Here's what I need:
IDE (PATA) ATA-133 but I will settle for ATA-100.
PCI or PCI-Express
4 channel (I have 8 drives I am running and I'd like to setup 2 RAID 5 arrays) - I am willing to buy two cards if they are good and only support 4 drives each
RAID 5 is a MUST

I've searched and searched on google, and any/all reviews I have found have been 4+ yrs old, I can't find any recent reviews on IDE raid controllers with SATA now taking over. But I have all these HD's and No controller for them :(

Thanks,
-BassKozz

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willcomp,

Thanks for the reply... why is this card the best?
Do you have any links to any reviews on this card (compared to others)?

Thanks,
-BassKozz

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Would I be better off running 2x 7506-4's instead of 1x 7506-8 ?

I plan on running to seprate RAID 5's
4x400gb HD's - 1st raid 5
4x300gb HD's - 2nd raid 5

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PS. That sounds like one hell of a storage system....

basskozz

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Thanks... Yah I have been stocking up on BIG HD's :-)

does anyone have any recent reviews on these cards?

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No mag reviews, but you could check out places like Pricegrabber for user reviews. You already have one thumbs up.

I had been buying my 300GB Seagate drives everytime Fry's put them on sale. Got two for $89 and one for $99.