Mdadm

https://lwn.net/Articles/428206/ road map for linux software “md” RAID. Good read, cudos to Neil Brown

http://togami.com/~warren/guides/remoteraidcrazies/ how to convert single disk install to linux software raid1 (this guide also assumes that u don’t have local access)

http://www.linux.com/feature/140734 JULY-2008: adaptec SAS 8 port with 6 SATA HDDs vs MD-RAID for 5, 6 and 10

http://merlinmoncure.blogspot.com/2007/08/following-are-results-of-our-testing-of.html bonnie++ benchmark comparing dell perc 5 (lsi) hw raid controllers connected to Dell md1000 jbod box and linux md raid driver. (test was performed by a notable PostgreSQL developer )

http://www.jejik.com/articles/2008/04/benchmarking_linux_filesystems_on_software_raid_1/ notes on 3ware 9550XS vs md RAID1 for various filesystems on Linux