What do you recommend for the best hardware RAID controller?
Heya guys,
I know you guys will have good oppinions on this: I'm looking for the best kind of hardware RAID controller...
To my understanding, a *true* hardware controller will be OS & BIOS independant, and have it's own RAM and CPU. I'm looking for something with four SATA I / II / 2.5 / 3.0 ports and it should support NCQ and S.M.A.R.T.
I was looking at the 3ware ones, but even though they *say* they are hardware controllers, they list compatable OS's and they don't have a onboard fan or heatsink, so I don't think they have a CPU... they are probably "fake" hardware controllers.
Any advice is appreciated. Thanks