If your computer is at all recent it most likely has built in raid. The onboard stuff is not great but it usually does OK with RAID-1. You do need to set it in the BIOS and load the drivers. Once you do that it should be able to build the mirror on the second drive, it takes awhile.
If you had wanted to go with RAID-5 it would be best to go with a pure hardware solution, and they are expensive (at least by my standards). Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog: http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Okay, after reading all the responses to William when he was setting one up > (very informative thread that), I realize all I want is RAID 1 -- a mirror > drive to my photo hard drive. > > So I bumped over to Fry's the other day (local big computer store, warehouse > style, chain) and asked a clerk "Where are the RAID cards?" He pointed me to > a section and they just looked like SATA cards. Only one mentioned RAID and > it was very expensive. > > Confoosed, I thought there must be more to it than that, so I figured I > needed to do more research. > > I could google it, OTOH, I might get a much faster answer/understanding here. > > Looking for a cheap way to set up a mirror drive, that is all I really need > or want. > > SATA card, hard drive and case? What does RAID, software? > > TIA, Marnie aka Doe :-) > > --------------------------------------------- > Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. > > > > > **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes > (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004) > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
