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correct but a UPS wont help in the event of BSOD or system freeze

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You usually don't BSOD except under benchmarking and such, so the occurrence of data corruption is very low.

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Stuarts

You can get them easily enough.

Bearing in mind this is your data we are talking. I would cease debating and just buy one.

the_beast

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Why spend $100-150 on a RAID card, $40 on cables & $300-1000+ on drives only to scrimp on a $30 battery that adds an extra layer of protection to your data?

You might as well just run jbod & take your chances with disk failures.

samstaee

I was just saying as most of the PERC's on Ebay don't come with BBU's and I was wondering why...

DuckieHo

The reason is PERC's on eBay are used cards pulled from servers. The BBUs from these are probably worn out and no good for resale...

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Tator Tot

That's actually surprsing considering that the BBU on my PERC 4 that i got in my PowerEdge 2800 is still good. And those are some old/er servers.

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BLinux

in case anyone is looking for some, these would make good 512MB upgrades for the PERC 5/I or 5/E:

http://cgi.ebay.com/512MB-1Rx8-PC2-3...3%3A1|294%3A50

Only $9 shipped. They are the correct spec for PERC 5.

Edit: I have nothing to do with that ebay seller. I just noticed it is the exact spec for the PERC 5 and thought those interested could benefit.

RobiNet

I don't think that "regular" memory module is right for PERC 5/e - what with BBU ?
PERC 5/e require TBBU - special memory module with battery

BLinux

technically, you're right. but i don't think using a non-TBBU memory module is an impossibility. i could test it out once i get around to repair some of my PERC 5/E cards (i still need to de-solder some capacitors to measure their specs so i can order the parts, so it's not anytime soon).