Dan Ritter <d...@randomstring.org> wrote: > Steven Mainor wrote: >> I'm looking for recommendations for a 6 or 8 port SATA hardware raid >> controller that will hopefully be supported by the kernel and/or open >> source drivers to put in my desktop computer. Any input welcome, >> thanks.
> Having used them for 20+ years now, I strongly recommend against > hardware RAID controllers. Hardware SAS/SATA interfaces with mdadm or > ZFS are better in every one of my use cases. I second that motion. Unless using Windows or ESXi outside VSAN you better avoid RAID controllers. More hassle than gain, IMHO. Grüße, Sven. -- Sigmentation fault. Core dumped.