>> I assume you mean disk cache.  I plan on using a 3ware
>
> 3ware is a good controller, but if you do the reliability calculations,
> you'll
> find that software RAID is more reliable than any hardware RAID solution,
> because you are eliminating a single point of failure.  (If your RAID
> controller dies, the whole RAID array dies.)  And with today's processors,
> there's no speed advantage to going with hardware RAID.
>
> Just my opinion.

Sure, this holds true for RAID1, but what about RAID5 and RAID0? Ever try
to shove a bunch of IDE controllers into an x86 box? *nudges Ryan F*

Mark



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