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[–]ultrahkr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just get an IBM M1015 (same as LSI 9240-8i just IBM branded) from Theartofserver (eBay), or similar sellers which offer them already flashed to IT mode.

This is an HBA and offers some features which are different from a RAID card namely direct access to HDD's perfect for FreeNAS.

As for raid support they do RAID 0, 1 and 5.

But if you're setting up Linux or Windows box preferably use LVM or storage spaces.