Hi,

In article <[email protected]>,
           ajkidle<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I've been running my Vortexbox on a headless Atom based MSI Nettop 100
> box for the past few years, and recently have gotten the itch to protect
> my data by setting up a RAID 1 configuration.  The on-board controller
> on the MSI doesn't seem to support this, and there are no expansion
> slots available for adding a 3rd party card, so I'm investigating new
> hardware.  Anyone have any recommendations?  

> I'm looking for something low power that I can tuck away in a closet
> somewhere.  It just needs to be able to run Vortexbox, have gigabit
> ethernet, and 2 hard drive bays minimum (4 preferred.)  Oh, and it needs
> to support RAID 1.  Or at least have a PCI slot so I can add a
> controller card.

Isn't VortexBox linux based? If so, presumably you can so Software RAID?

It might be as easy to build your own system based around an ITX
motherboard. There are a number of ITX cases specifically aimed at NAS use.

Where in the world are you? I'm in the UK and have used
http://www.linitx.com to buy components for a number of small Atom based
systems in the past. They're generally very helpful, support over IRC is
excellent for putting a system spec together.

Andy

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