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Thank you for the answer. &nbsp;The review you linked to was very helpful. &nbsp;I will be building &nbsp;a new home server soon and I think these will work.
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Thank you for the answer.  The review you linked to was very helpful.  I will be building  a new home server soon and I think these will work.

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&quot;RAID 620 this controller is shipped together with WD 3TB green disks &quot;&nbsp; GOING from this at left &nbsp;I heard recently that &quot;Green&quot; drives operate at variable speeds, so may not be good for RAID application/use.<br />
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What do y'all &nbsp;thnk?
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"RAID 620 this controller is shipped together with WD 3TB green disks "  GOING from this at left  I heard recently that "Green" drives operate at variable speeds, so may not be good for RAID application/use.

What do y'all  thnk?

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I've been looking, but can't seem to find a relatively affordable SATA Controller Card that states it can recognize 3TB HDDs. &nbsp;Speed really isn't a concern– I really just need the space. I am using 64bit Linux.<br />
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I found this one: <a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816115079" rel="ugc">HighPoint RocketRAID 2720</a>, but 2 ports for $210 is a little out of my price range. &nbsp;Are the drives just too new?<br />
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Thanks for any input.
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I've been looking, but can't seem to find a relatively affordable SATA Controller Card that states it can recognize 3TB HDDs.  Speed really isn't a concern– I really just need the space. I am using 64bit Linux.

I found this one: HighPoint RocketRAID 2720 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816115079), but 2 ports for $210 is a little out of my price range.  Are the drives just too new?

Thanks for any input.

SATA Controller Card that recognizes 3TB HDDs in Linux

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