Hardware Central heeft een review gepost van de Iwill SIDE RAID66 controller, die begin deze maand op de CeBIT werd aangekondigd. De SIDE RAID is de eerste IDE RAID controller die gebaseerd is op de HighPoint HPT368 controller en ondersteund de RAID levels 0, 1 en 0/1 in combinatie met maximaal 4 schijven. Uit de benchmarks van Hardware Central blijkt dat RAID 0 in realistische situaties een snelheidsvoordeel van rond de 11% op kan leveren:
RAID 0 is an excellent way to improve transfer rates and read and write speed. However, RAID 0 cannot lower seek and access times, which is something to consider before going the RAID 0 route. For heavy use of standard office applications or gaming, the best buy is a single drive with faster access. For other apps such as CAD or video editing, etc., then RAID 0 may be just the thing.[...] As to Iwill’s sIDE RAID66 card, kudos to them for working to bring RAID to the masses. For a relatively small price, the sIDE RAID66 will push transfer rates through the roof.
The card is easy to install and configure, always a plus. Furthermore, the card's BIOS is flashable, leaving an open road for updates that could potentially improve performance even further.
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