I've deployed ubuntu server edition for my website. It is stable indeed and the update process is convenience. But, still, it lack of hardware support. The RAID

I've deployed ubuntu server edition for my website. It is stable indeed and the update process is convenience. But, still, it lack of hardware support. The RAID board I use do not provide .deb packaged driver and I have to patch it myself. When I was trying to connect the disk array to server, ubuntu can not recognize that. Well, as far as I use, ubuntu release is stable. But the driver problem is painful, too.