Now stick one of these in a Vtrak
About 2 months ago, Promise announced a 16 port SATA Raid Controller supporting RAID6, the SuperTrak EX16350. With the inevitability of terabyte and larger drives (750gb now shipping, $499 from NewEgg), RAID6 is a must have in my book. When one of my 400GB drives in my Vtrak 15200 fails, it takes about 24 hours for a rebuild to complete (and the drives are only 75% full). Imagine a mostly full terabyte+ drive - 3 day rebuilds or longer. And in those 3 days, with RAID5, if you lose a drive, your whole array is kaput. So RAID6 and its dual parity drives is exactly what the doctor ordered.
Now stick one of these controllers in a Vtrak, Promise!