[WBEL-users] RAID

[Vic]

> One thing to consider is that those cheaper cards are nothing
> more than ide controllers with software raid. Do you have the ide
> ports on your motherboard free?  IF so just use the kernel's
> software raid.  If the card is recognized as a regular set of ide
> ports..i would just use the kernel's software raid..:)

That's probably good advice even if the card does have hardware RAID; it
gives you a good deal of future-proofing should the card ever go belly-up
& you need data off those drives...

Vic.