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Re: Hardware RAID

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Jeff Gaines wrote:

> I have a QNAP TS451+ with 4 x 4 TB (spinning) drives in RAID 6 giving me 
> about 7.5 TB usable and up to 2 disks failing (although I think it might 
> depend on which 2).

Should be any two with RAID6, you may be thinking of RAID10 ?

> It's slow to access over the network and snail's pace to administer vis 
> a browser.
> 
> I wonder about a new build based either on a HP Microserver (either N54L 
> or Gen 8) or an Asus Z170-P with hardware RAID.
> 
> I have no experience of H/W RAID and wonder if there is actually such a 
> thing. I have an LSI card

LSI make some good hardware RAID controllers (rebadged as PERC cards by 
Dell) they probably make other cards that are little more than SATA 
interfaces with BIOS "fake" RAID support.

> which runs slightly hotter than the Sun and 
> seemed a bit intermittent in performance when used with individual drives.

HP make Smart Array controllers, I think P222 are supported in gen8 
Microservers, seem to be lots of refurb/server-pulls on eBay or 
elsewhere, beware that nowadays HPE seem more concerned to only supply 
firmware upgrades to systems with paid support.  You'd need a correct 
type of SAS/SATA splitter cable

e.g. SFF-8087 to 4x SATA <https://amazon.co.uk/dp/B00S7KTVN2>

> Is there such a thing as a H/W RAID card?

Of course, but they're not typically SOHO products

> If so any suggestions please? 
> It would need to be low profile for one of the HPs.

I've never used a M/B with the intel Z170 chipset, its RAID does seem a 
step-up from the boggy RAID0 or RAID1 BIOS support of most motherboards 
(i.e. it does RAID5 for a start)

> I also need a PSU if I go with the Asus board. I usually buy Seasonic 
> modular but they are very funny about additional cables and referred me 
> to a  company in Germany. Is there a reliable make that supplies 
> additional cables itself?

Corsair seem to

<https://www.corsair.com/uk/en/c/pc-components-accessories/psu-parts>

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Hardware RAID "Jeff Gaines" <jgnewsid@outlook.com> - 2026-08-02 11:38 +0000
  Re: Hardware RAID Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2026-08-02 13:35 +0100
    Re: Hardware RAID "Jeff Gaines" <jgnewsid@outlook.com> - 2026-08-02 13:57 +0000
      Re: Hardware RAID Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2026-08-02 15:37 +0100
        Re: Hardware RAID "Jeff Gaines" <jgnewsid@outlook.com> - 2026-08-02 16:49 +0000
          Re: Hardware RAID Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2026-08-03 12:27 +0100
        Re: Hardware RAID "Jeff Gaines" <jgnewsid@outlook.com> - 2026-08-03 17:52 +0000
          Re: Hardware RAID Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2026-08-03 23:00 +0100
            Re: Hardware RAID "Jeff Gaines" <jgnewsid@outlook.com> - 2026-08-04 07:07 +0000
              Re: Hardware RAID SH <i.love@spam.com> - 2026-08-04 08:31 +0100
                Re: Hardware RAID "Jeff Gaines" <jgnewsid@outlook.com> - 2026-08-04 10:09 +0000
                Re: Hardware RAID "Jeff Gaines" <jgnewsid@outlook.com> - 2026-08-04 11:38 +0000
  Re: Hardware RAID Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-08-02 13:45 +0100
    Re: Hardware RAID Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2026-08-02 14:46 +0100
      Re: Hardware RAID "Jeff Gaines" <jgnewsid@outlook.com> - 2026-08-02 14:03 +0000

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