[CentOS] Recommended PCIe SATA/SAS Controller?

On Thursday, February 25, 2010 09:47 AM, Stephen Wong wrote:
> Any Silicon Image card will do, don't worry about the fake-raid bios,
> don't define anything under the fake-raid bios, and the kernel will
> see the Silicon Image chip and connected disks readily.  The kernel
> module for Silicon Image 3124 was there for long time.  I have
> installations which use such SATA chips running for a few years.
>

But why pay an extra 60USD or so for a dumb fake-raid bios?