If you wait long enough, sooner or later all technology trickles down to a point where price is no longer an issue.
The HighPoint RocketRAID 272X Series of products is a very good example of this. The 272X Series is a low cost product line that delivers a large amount of technology at a reasonable price.
Today we are looking at the 2720SGL, a sub 140 Dollar SATA/SAS software RAID controller that now supports RAID 6.
The RAID 6 feature is a big advancement for this price point and so far we’ve been unable to find anything on the market to even compare the 2720SGL to. The price is amazing, but today we will see if the performance follows the price to the ground level or if the controller is good value.
Full story at Tweak Town.