On Tue, 2008-05-06 at 17:32 -0500, Roy Wright wrote:
> 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?

Well since you're not concerned about RAID or performance...

I think as long as you stay away from RAID, in particular "fake" HW
RAID, then it would be difficult to find a SATA controller that wasn't
supported by the kernel.

-a

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