Hi folks,
Here's what I've currently got:
This is for a home Plex/virtualbox/Samba box. I'd like to get a CacheCade setup because... well, I like playing with computer stuff. So practicality takes a bit of a back seat if the price is right.
What's an inexpensive way to get a CacheCade/RAID5/6 setup? It looks like I can get an LSI 9260-8i+LSI00292 hardware key for under $80. But...
Here's what I've currently got:
- NEC 9267-8i controller with BBU
- Six 3TB WD Red HDDs
- One 500GB Samsung 850 EVO SSD
- Ubuntu 17.04 machine, 16GB RAM, i7-4790k CPU (just consumer stuff)
This is for a home Plex/virtualbox/Samba box. I'd like to get a CacheCade setup because... well, I like playing with computer stuff. So practicality takes a bit of a back seat if the price is right.
What's an inexpensive way to get a CacheCade/RAID5/6 setup? It looks like I can get an LSI 9260-8i+LSI00292 hardware key for under $80. But...
- Would spending an extra $60ish on an 9265-8i+LSI00290 hardware key yield noticeable improvement with these drives?
- Are there other CacheCade-capable controllers (perhaps Dell/IBM/NEC-branded) that are good deals at this performance level?
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