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[Ubuntu 11.04]which inexpensive PCI SATA controller is compatible with Ubuntu?

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http://linuxfloat.org – Hello boys, I'm a newbie so bear with me. I'm trying to find  an inexpensive PCI SATA controller that will be compatible with Ubuntu. The goal is to create a storage server. I plan to have three 1TB drives connected to the card, I would then like to use mdadm to create a RAID for the server. My problem is that most of the SATA controllers seem to also be Fake-RAID cards too and that seems to cause a compatibility issue. Any suggetion is appreciated. (HowTos)

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Submitted by Danial on 08/06/2011

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