Jim, you answered your own question. Ditch those failing drives and buy new stuff. The money is nothing compared to the hassle of data recovery.
As far as RAID goes, I'll take Linux software RAID over mobo-based fake RAID any day. I setup a file server last year on Linux and all the guys on the tech list I used for advice told me to forget about hardware RAID and go with Linux software RAID. Well, the mobo in that server ate itself last week, and boy did I find out how right those guys were. I popped in a new mobo, plugged in the drives in the same order on the new board, and the system came back without a hiccup. On Jan 21, 2008 8:06 PM, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Looking at a nerd-core site like Newegg and you can't even get a SCSI disk > over 300GB (and the one 300 GB model is $700). Even if that drive lasted > forever it's not big enough and costs too much. I can pick up a 400 GB > SATA > disk for $100. Sure I may have to replace one every three or four > years... > but that's exactly why I store everything on RAID appliances to begin > with. > ;^) > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:251494 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
