> On a related note, is there a specific model card you would suggest that > fits the following: > a) 4 or 8 ports > b) PCI (for older systems) > c) affordable (note, not cheap, but not expensive) > d) does not need to support RAID since we will use software raid anyway A good solid card I've found is the Promise SATA300TX4. 4port SATA2 controller that fits in a standard PCI slot. -- Drew "Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood." --Marie Curie -- 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