[KLUG Hardware] SATA RAID controler

[Bruce Smith]

> > So, I'm looking for a REAL RAID card for my two 80gb SATA drives.
> > Any recommendation?
> 
> I've used MD (Linux's own software RAID) enough that I trust if
> completely.  And unless you've got sky-high I/O loads the performance
> difference between MD and low-end-RAID is very negligible.  I use MD on
> servers without hesitation,  it has never failed me and is often easier
> to manage than wonky off-vendor RAID junk.
> 
> IBM makes very nice SCSI RAID cards - the ServeRAID series.  These have
> their own battery, RAM, and i960 processor.  And all the administrative
> tools actually work.  Everything else is just a sad knock off.

3ware used to make some nice RAID controllers for IDE drives (PATA) that
have VERY good Linux support, I ran one for years.  I haven't looked at
them lately but they may have some SATA RAID controllers now.  Might be
worth a look ...

 - BS