Pat Farrell;251215 Wrote: > I've never heard of MB based RAID being a solution if you are serious > about reliability. When I want real RAID, I get a hardware RAID > controller. They are not that expensive. Agreed, I have an external 3.75gb array managed through a dedicated raid controller. I had configured a stripe array on the MSI board to boot the OS from - hardly worth shelling out cash for IMHO.
Pat Farrell;251215 Wrote: > But my SlimServer/SqueezeCenter doesn't use RAID. Raid is not backup. My > collection size means I have no choice in the matter. I don't consider it backup either. I keep three copies of my music collection - one on the NAS, one on an external array that is only powered up to keep current, and finally a backup on LTO2 media. The NAS and external array are independently populated from source. -- egd Thecus N5200PRO >> Transporter >> ATC SCA2 >> ATC SCM100SLAT ------------------------------------------------------------------------ egd's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3425 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41179 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/unix
