Are Firmware RAID Cards Fast Enough?
RAID cards without a dedicated RISC processor are oftentimes called ‘firmware RAID’, with all RAID calculations being done by the system’s main processor. It’s been long acknowledged that on-board processing is faster–but have firmware cards closed the gap? Storage Review puts two of them on the bench in their evaluation.
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