[CentOS] Centos 4 and Supermicro ICH7R

mike.redan at bell.ca wrote:
>
> Lots of other people have covered the hardware-vs-software/fakeRAID
> stuff. Linux software RAID works great. Hotswap works well too if you
> are concerned about that.
>   

Unless you've got a lot of time to screw around with it and troubleshoot 
failed drives down the line, it is MUCH more cost effective to just buy 
a 3Ware card.  They simply work out of the box, work well, they're 
cheap, and perform very well.  It just isn't worth the hassle of dealing 
with the software RAID bits for a production box.  The first time you 
hose things with a kernel update you'll wish you spent the few hundred 
bucks on a real RAID card.

Cheers,