Quote Originally Posted by jpm View Post
unless performance is completely irrelevant for you, i would avoid software RAID altogether, and i would definitely avoid trying to span RAID across multiple controllers, even if the software somehow allows it. if you don't need a RAID array larger than 6 disks then using the built-in intel RAID controller is definitely the best option with this board, for both performance and reliability.
Soft raid in Linux is better than almost all fake raids you can find on todays motherboards.