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> they tend to be slower since data coordination usually happens in a RAID software driver instead of on a drive's hardware controller board.

Clearly paid off by the RAID card manufactures! /s

This hasn't been true for years. RAID cards tend to have anemic (MIPS) processors, easily outclassed in performance for this task.