Hey Guys,
I am looking to purchase a raid controller card to use instead of onboard motherboard raid. My goal is to be able to move the controller card with my raided drives from system to system without worrying about the raid controller changing each time I update my motherboard bios or upgrade the entire system to a new motherboard. It would be quite nice to carry my controller and drives altogether and not have to rebuild just because I swap motherboards and cpus.
So, I'm looking for something with some shelf life, 5+ years would be nice, so something with an interface that won't vanish from my motherboard selection in that time frame. I also don't want to break the bank, something mainstream, but certainly not the cream of the crop. I think something that would support at lease Raid 6, so 5 drives. SATA, not SCSI.
Any thoughts from those of you that use a non-integrated Raid controller card?
Thanks!