> it is a nice choice. However, with these 3ware cards, I simply
> install the card, plug in the drives and configure my array
> in their bios screen. The hard work is finished in 5 minutes
> and you can then install whatever flavour of linux (or even
> windows) that you like. No fuss, no muss. When I consider
> what my time is worth, "free" becomes a very relative term.
That certainly is a powerful argument. It's always a good thing, though, to
know what you get for your money's worth. In this case it is a big time &
hassle saver at a reasonable price. But it's not necessarily a performance
boost (which would depend on the algorithm) over IDE SW RAID.
Thanks for the hint anyway (I am planning on trying out one of those 3WARE
controllers, although they're a bit hard to get hold of here in Germany)!
Regards,
Frank
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