HP DL series true hardware raid with Linux

[Matthew Darcy_2]

that's pretty much what I was trying to say in my first post, albeit badly.

I didn't want to suggest software raid as that would be the OS controlled raid, mdadm for example, and wanted to make the distinction between a true onboard raid controller, and a disk controller with raid capabilities with specific software.

Fakeraid wasn't meant as a derogatory meaning, it just seems to be the accepted name for this class of raid device.

[Matthew Darcy_2]

the information in the posts above has allowed me to work out the correct model servers and hardware raid controllers required to meet my projects needs.