qts wrote:

Yes, I know about software RAID and I'm not interested.

Then, you'll hate Highpoint cards.

So, I need a cheap RAID controller that supports RAID 0+1 or RAID 5.

If 3Ware Escalades are out of your price range, you've just reduced your options to zero, since those are the only ones that (1) do real hardware RAID, and do so (2) without binary-only proprietary drivers (**cough** Promise controllers **cough**).

In your shoes, I'd put the Highpoint into my deepest, darkest closet, and either spring for a 3Ware Escalade or use the kernel's MD (software RAID) driver, which has become battle-tested enough that even I would trust it.

Rick Moen
rick@linuxmafia.com