Hi all, Hardware RAID is definitely better for performance reasons, but Windows server software RAID works fine and is better than no redundancy whatsoever. If one disk does fail, it does offer continuity. I happily use this for domain controllers in small domains with limited budget.
It depends on the intended role of the server. If it will take serious usage, buy a RAID controller. Good luck! Andrew 2009/10/8 John Aldrich <[email protected]> > If it were me, I’d go buy a RAID card and stick it in there and build the > machine from scratch. > > > > [image: John-Aldrich][image: Tile-Tools] > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Thursday, October 08, 2009 11:37 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Once more - software RAID > > > > > Greetings! > > I pulled a PE-850 out of storage to re-build. It will be running Windows > 2003 SP2. Its sticker said two SATA drives... > > It turns out it lacks a PERC (Dell RAID controller). Given that each disk > has more than adequate space for both a system partition and the data > partition (for its intended use), what is the consensus... > > Is the Microsoft "software RAID", to mirror the disks in a quasi RAID1, > better than nothing, the equivalent of nothing, or worse than nothing? > > Thanks! > -- > Richard D. McClary > Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group > > *ASPCA®* > 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 > Urbana, IL 61802 > > [email protected] > > P: 217-337-9761 > C: 217-417-1182 > F: 217-337-9761 > www.aspca.org > > > The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is > from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals® (ASPCA > ®) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may > contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not > the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any > dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, > and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received > this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and > permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout > thereof. > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
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