Hi

I'm a bit confused as to what RAID controller card to choose for a new Poweredge T310 server.

I want to buy the server and RAID card from Dell but the hard drives from eBuyer (because they're so much cheaper) - OK the system will ship with 1x250Gb in it, but I want to put 2 x 2Tb in it and from Dell that's very expensive.

So I need to buy the RAID card as an accessory, but which to go for?

The choice is between PERC S300 or PERC H200.

H200 specs suggest it only works with SAS drives. S300 specs don't mention anything but it looks like SATA connectors on the edge of the card.

What confuses me is the the Dell system configurator for the T310 would let me specify RAID 1, with PERC H200 and 2 x SATA drives.

So does the H200 support SATA? And which of those two cards should I go for since I want to use SATA drives?

Thanks,

Simon