Steve Bluck wrote:

Thanks for the replies (and thanks Matt, PCI-e is indeed what I meant -brain freeze moment), I realise "linux dd" works -and is in fact how I've installed CentOS 5, but unfortunately I require a card (PCI even!) that will not require driver updates every kernel update and support a minimum of 6 ports in RAID 1.

Being a noob at Linux I'm having trouble sourcing a card that is supported in the 2.6.18 kernel without the need to install drivers, and replies from manufacturers either evade the question or require a Masters degree in Linux, so I thought I'd tap into the combined knowledge of everyone here!

So I'm still open to suggestions!

Here are a couple:

- Controller that handles both SATA and SAS - Controller that has a battery backup write-back cache - Controller that has 4x external serial connectors so adding an enclosure to the mix later is possible

The LSI cards are supported and have those features.

-Ross

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