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Who Makes The Best RAID Controller?

thonot asks: "I build PC's from my home, generally for frinds and friends of friends. Yesterday though, my wife's boss called me and asked if I could build him a bussiness PC. The only problem is that he wants a RAID0 configuration w/ 3 Seagate Cheetah 18.4 Gig 15k RPM SCSI drives, and I've never even seen a RAID controller, well except in pictures. Can anyone point me in the direction of a good controller card?"

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  1. Re:Moratorium by hubie · · Score: 4, Insightful
    I think that some questions benefit from the personal feedback one gets here. The nature of 'Ask Slashdot' permits a Google query on pretty much any subject; however, what a Google search doesn't give you is the possiblility that someone with experience will respond to the post. In this particular case, perhaps someone who builds RAID-controlled white boxes will have information or advice that is not found in the online reviews.

    If you ban questions that an answer can be found on Google, then you'd pretty much have to drop askslashdot as a section. For instance, take the last three questions:

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    I admit that I personally turn to Google first, but if the information one gets back is overwhelming, confusing, or contradictory, then I don't have a problem sending the question here.