[CentOS] 4 X 500 gb drives - best software raid config for a backup server?

On 18-Feb-09, at 2:01 AM, John Doe wrote:

>>> For controller, what is the interface on your drives??  SCSI, SAS??
>> Dell 2950, SAS 6 Host Bus Controller.
>
> Integrated SAS 6/i(base): 4 port SAS controller (does support RAID  
> 0/1)
> But I don't know if that is descent hw raid or crap raid...
>
> JD

This was kind of the reason I was thinking software raid.

Has anyone had any raid experience with this card?

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