> A true hardware RAID controller would probably cost almost as much as > the server itself. Just about all of the cheap (so called) SATA RAID > controller cards are some flavor of fakeraid. A few are supported as DM > Raid under Linux, but many are not. Which is funny because Intel's SASUC8i (rebranded LSI3082E-R) is true hardware RAID which I recently picked up *new* for $150. They don't do RAID-5/6 or have a BBU but IMO you don't need a BBU for RAID-0/1/10. Where can you pickup a new server for $150? :-P -- Drew "Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood." --Marie Curie