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What Kind Of Software RAID Are You Running?

ErikZ asks: "Lately, I'm having issues with my RAID. Specifically, closed source drivers for my RAID card that only support Red Hat 9. So I've decided to Ebay the card, and try to figure out how to turn 4 SATA drives into a software driven RAID 5 setup. Yes, I know I'll lose all the data, and I'm not worried about it. Finding a 4 port (or more) SATA controller card, that's well supported under Linux, has been difficult. Everyone wants to slap on their own RAID chip and charge you another 100$ for the pleasure. Where can a guy get a highly recommended, well supported, 4 port SATA card for Linux? The Rocket 1540 cards have vanished off the face of the earth. There are a few motherboards out there that have 4+ SATA connectors on them, but they also add RAID and some other cutting edge features that aren't well supported under Linux. So, I thought I'd try another route and ask Slashdot: What are you using for your Linux software RAID needs? What do you suggest?"

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  1. Re:I'm using md, aka Linux Software Raid by onkelonkel · · Score: 0, Troll

    No you didn't. You IMPLIED that.

    Dictionaries are great. Not only do they spell the words for you, they also tell you what they mean.

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