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Well I have never even heard of it. 3ware is the defacto authority of
reasonable SATA RAID. If you were to
go with a different brand I would go with LSI. The LSI 150-6 is a nice
card with a battery backup option as well.
Oh and 3ware has BBU for certain models as well.
Sincerely,
Joshua D. Drake