> There is a huge advantage to software raid on all kinds of levels. If
> you have the CPU then I suggest
> it. However you will never get the performance out of software raid on
> the high level (think 1 gig of cache)
> that you would on a software raid setup.
>
> It is a bit of a tradeoff but for most installations software raid is
> more than adequate.
Which makes me think that I will use Software Raid 5 and convert the
price of the card into RAM.
This should be nice for a budget server.
Gonna investigate now if Linux software RAID5 is rugged enough. Can
always buy the a card later if not.
Thanks all for the advice, you were really helpful.