Was looking at this board for a new build. While researching it seems like it is pretty Linux friendly. People have it working with Ubuntu 14.14 and month the 4 sata ports controlled by asmedia seem to be hit or miss but I don't currently need them. And it doesn't seem like Intel boards come with more then 6 on the Intel controller. Anyone see an issue with it?
If I get it working with the other sata ports down the road... Can you software RAID across multiple sata controllers?