your inputs are much appreciated guys, the 3.3V card, will power on
the external drives? clueless here....!


On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 3:13 PM, Nicolas Bernard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Esteban Ribičić([EMAIL PROTECTED])@2008.09.04 14:12:50 +0200 wrote:
>> hello list,
>>
>> i'm a happy 4501 user and since my external drive died loosing much of
>> my personal data (and hence, learning an important lesson: backups are
>> necesary) i planned buying 2 x 160gb Western Digital disks (on sale
>> now) and attach them to my 4501 trough a pci2usb card. on top of this,
>> apply some linux software raid 1.
>>
>> My questions:
>> - any recommendation on a better solution? -low cost..-
>
> Hello Esteban,
>
> I would suggest to buy two disks of different brands to minimize the
> risk of data loss due to a bad lot.
>
> Best Regards,
> Nicolas
>
>
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