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From: "Derrick Ryalls" <ryallsd@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Anyone know of complete hardware solution IDE Raid Controllers?
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On Jan 9, 2008 2:42 PM, Brett Davidson <brett@net24.co.nz> wrote:
> Years ago Accusys made IDE Raid Controllers that presented themselves as
> one drive in the BIOS, making themselves completely OS agnostic.
> Anything like that out there anymore?
>

3ware 9650SE-4LPML PCI Express Lanes, currently just over $300 at newegg

That is what I have in my fileserver and it works beautifully.  Even
has support for easy checking raid status periodically.