Howdy,

I'm looking to add three more drives to my system for a software RAID5
media volume.  I've used all my motherboard SATA ports so need a SATA
controller.  I don't want a hardware RAID controller (been there, burned
when controller died).  4 SATA2 ports is the minimum required.  I have
both PCIe and PCI slots available.  I do not need high performance as
the RAID will just contain media files for access in my home.  I would
prefer a controller supported by normal kernel drivers.  My preference
is to keep costs down (3 x 1 TB drives are costly enough :).

Any recommendations?

FYI, system is gentoo ~x86, Intel Q9300, Gigabyte GA-X48-DQ6.