[necro]

Im a bit conservative when it comes to hardware like raid controllers. My choice was 3ware. They are by no means the fastest, in fact the performance sucks compared to others. I went to a company that builds storage systems, but will build any kind you want, not locked into any controller. I trusted them when they recommended that by their experience is returned/fails the least. Of course everything fails, so it's just a matter of time. We have tripple redundant storage for file backup... active, 5 minute backup that is ready to be swapped in at one click, and long term. If something goes wrong with the active set or slows down, we just flip a switch and all our app servers use the new system that at most is 5 minutes behind. Old system gets shot in the head, and can be diagnosed off line. Shoot first ask questions later.