Hi all,

I'm looking for some advice on selecting a suitable Hardware RAID SATA2 controller.

My need is for a RAID10 using 4 x 1TB SATA2 drives. Battery backup option is useful for the future.

I hear good things about 3ware & Areca products.

I have looked at the Open-E HCL and most models that look promising are supported. However, the Areca cards with less than 8 ports don't appear to be "managed" through Open-E GUI or console, so this has pushed my decision towards the 3Ware 9650SE-4LPML.

Has anyone any experience of this card? Can it be managed through the OPen-E web GUI, or just the console?

It appears that the 3D2 management tools normally install on the computer that hosts the card. Does Open-E already have these tools installed?

Any advice would be much appreciated.

Best regards

TFZ