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Best (inexpensive) motherboard chipset for Linux RAID?

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BusyDoingNothing

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Hey guys, I'm looking for an inexpensive motherboard/CPU combo (would like to keep it around $150-$175 MAX) that has 6+ SATA ports to run a software RAID in Ubuntu. I'm going to be running 2x WD 500GB Green drives in a RAID-1 and 3x Hitachi 1TB drives in a RAID 5 or RAID Z (I hear RAID Z is better, yes?).

Can anyone recommend a good chipset that's well supported in Ubuntu for this purpose? I don't really care if it's Intel or AMD. The board will also need onboard video. I'd like a CPU that doesn't suck too bad because one of the functions I'd like this PC to perform is encoding video (doesn't have to be the fastest, since it'll be an occasional thing).
 
I just got an AMD 790GX motherboard in, that I'm putting a Linux RAID setup onto as soon as the CPU shows up.

I'll let you know how it turns out. The 6-SATA is problematic; many of the cheaper boards only have 5, ie: my Asus M4A78T-E.
 
I don't know off-hand about 6 SATA ports, but I've run software RAID (Raid 1) in Linux for like, forever. Almost any motherboard will work for that. I'm planning on upgrading to an AMD Phemon X4, but the Intel i5 with turbo boost might work well for you when encoding video.
HTH,
joe
 
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