Too bad you're not interested in putting drives inside of the case. 3Ware
makes great cards, they're inexpensive, and do hardware raid 0, 1, 0+1, 5,
and jbod. You can typically pick up the a 6410 (32bit, 4 channel card) for
$99 + shipping, or a 7450 (64bit 4 channel) for $340. They work great in
linux, Win98, and win2K. They also make an 8 channel card that's 64bit, but
its a lot more expensive. If you're mainly concerned about redundancy
rather than speed, the 6000 series are perfect for the budget and work
nicely. And, they are faster than those Promise and High-Point controllers
that are on the mainboard - those are basically WinRAIDs (like WinModems) -
the driver is what controls the drive access, not the card.

Cheers.