Pick the wrong RAID level, and you might end up losing all your data ...
Why hardware RAID is officially dead but the cheap cards are still a must-have for home servers ...
Go with the Silicon Image chipset, as it is the most featureful and widely supported. I didnt' and am somewhat sorry I didn't. Anyway, my server happily runs RAID-1, here are the specs:<BR>Debian ...
Thanks for the info. The adaptec recommendation lead me to their website, which states that the 1200a, which is less than $100, provides real-time monitoring via software, which is good enough for me.