PCI RAID for 'gift'

[Samuel Clements]

>I am not a computer expert, nor an expert with respect to FreeBSD, but 
>there
>is really no other operating system that I am willing (nor trust) to run on
>our server. The retailer will not accept return or exchange, so I am stuck
>with this thing. Can anyone provide any suggestions to overcome this
>problem? Maybe suggest a compatible pci raid card or something to make the
>system work in a raid configuration with the existing HD's?

Well, until the soft-raid support is done, you do need a 'supported' PCI 
controller (sounds like you've already resigened yourself to that). If 
you're looking to just plug in a controller, hook up the drives and go, I've 
had good luck with the Intel SRCS16 SATA controller (which is a LSI MegaRAID 
SATA 150-6 basically) but that probably a bit more than you want. LSI also 
offeres the 150-4  (US$309 vs US$389 for the 6 channel) which should be 
supported by the amr driver.

  -Sam