ajkidle 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. Assuming that you want a Raid 1 for HD failure (other pointed out that this is not a backup) I see that your box has 2 SATA controler and from the picture I can also see a pci expansion slot. If you could add an eSata controler (or maybe somehow hookup esata cable to existing controler ?), then you can add an external array box like this http://tiny.cc/r4dbuw. I have it hooked up to an older Aspire Nettop and is working fine, don't feel the need to replace. I'm running in a Raid 5, same hd failure protection but more space than Raid 1. 6TB.
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