Comment by montjoy

Yeah we started ordering the ones with the supercap so we didn’t have to replace batteries anymore.

Somewhat recently I dealt with LSI and Dell cards. Longevity seemed just fine for a normal 3 year server lifecycle. The only time we had an issue is when the power went down in the data center. The power spike fried a few of the cards. Luckily we had spares.

Way way back I dealt with the Compaq/hp smartarrays. Those were awful. Also anything consumer grade is awful.