Are there any motherboards that support 6 hard drives under RAID 10?

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I'm looking to buy a new motherboard, but even when I find one with 6 SATA ports under the same chip set, the manuals I've looked at only say to use 4 hard drives under RAID 10, and never specify a drive limit. The current board I have has 7 SATA ports, but it only allowed me to use 4 drives, so I want to make sure I know the the limits before buying a new one.

I'm was looking an the Asus Maximus VII Hero in particular, but again, all the manual says about RAID 10 is "use four new hard disk drives...for this setup." Anyone know if this motherboard, or any Intel boards around the $200 price range supports RAID 10 over six hard drives? I'd rather stay away from having to buy an expensive RAID card if possible.
 
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I'm not finding much info either. I don't see why it wouldn't (no idea what motherboard or chipset you're referring to) but if it has 6 or 8 sata ports and supports the typical raid 0/1/5/10 it should. Just hate to say "yes" for sure. The reason for instructions stating to use 4 drives in raid 10 is because that's what raid 10 is. Letting people know that raid 10 involves 4 drives (2 striped, 2 mirrored as the min required for a raid10 array). Unlike raid 0 where the information would probably indicate 2 drives since it takes 2 drives for raid 0 to come into play. It may not necessarily be a 'max' limit, but without getting a definitive answer from the manufacturer it's hard to say. Most larger arrays at that point are moving to...
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I'm not finding much info either. I don't see why it wouldn't (no idea what motherboard or chipset you're referring to) but if it has 6 or 8 sata ports and supports the typical raid 0/1/5/10 it should. Just hate to say "yes" for sure. The reason for instructions stating to use 4 drives in raid 10 is because that's what raid 10 is. Letting people know that raid 10 involves 4 drives (2 striped, 2 mirrored as the min required for a raid10 array). Unlike raid 0 where the information would probably indicate 2 drives since it takes 2 drives for raid 0 to come into play. It may not necessarily be a 'max' limit, but without getting a definitive answer from the manufacturer it's hard to say. Most larger arrays at that point are moving to dedicated hardware raid controllers which as you pointed out (for real hardware raid) is expensive.
 
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