2011/1/30 Michael Klinosky <mpk2 at enter.net>: > Robert wrote: >> You are generally *better off* to *disable* the motherboard RAID >> controller and use native Linux software RAID. > > After my research, I'm realizing that linux doesn't quite support it. > So, I'll probably do as you suggested. I don't know if "linux doesn't quite support it" is true, but nevertheless, even if Linux/CentOS had PERFECT support for it, you still shouldn't use it IMHO. The whole point of RAID is to give some sort of protection against hardware (HDD) failures. Fakeraid is a proprietary software RAID solution, so if your motherboard suddently decides to die, how will you then get access to your data? You'll need another motherboard/system with a fakeraid compatible controller, but how will you know if the new fakeraid-based controller is compatible with your HDDs created with the old controller? How will you know if the RAID controller has the correct firmware? Your best bet is to buy exactly the same motherbord (if it's still available at that time) and put the same BIOS version on it as your old board had. Using Linux software RAID, you'll get the same performance as fakeraid and you can plug your HDDs into any motherboard running Linux to access your data. Linux own implementation of software RAID was introduced in kernel 2.1 (somewhere around ~1997), so you can be fairly sure that the solution is well tested - something which is most likely not the case with a fakeraid controller with limited/partly missing Linux support. The only valid reason to run fakeraid I can think of, is if you're going to run Windows on it. Best regards Kenni