which SATA-raid controller...

[IOhannes m zmoelnig <zmoelnig@iem.at>]

hello.

we are planning to set up a serial-ATA based fileserver (>1 Terabyte).
the host will be dedicated solely to serving files (via samba and nfs 
(and probably appletalk), so i was thinking about a software-raid solution.

are there any cards you would recommend ?
i was thinking about highpoint rocketraid-1820a (i think there are only 
proprietary drivers available, but it has 8 SATA-channels) or promise 
fasttrack s150-sx4 (only 4 SATA-channels)
anything else ? (3ware and adaptec cards are most likely better (? in 
terms of what ?)   but i guess they have their prize for getting true 
hardware-raid which i don't really  need).


mfg.a.dr
IOhannes