I'm currently using a Promise Technologies TX4300 SATA II 3.0GB/s controller, to which are connected 4 Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS 320GB drives. I've only had this setup for 2 weeks but so far I'm happy with it. The controller is PCI and costs about $66. the drives are about $100/each. Note: the cables that come with the controller come loose too easy. If you go this route, get some additional cables. I have a RAID5 setup. While sync'ing, the throughput was about 30MB/sec. I code, therefore I am __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html