Thanks all...! I'm 'upgrading' my system to replace all my external drives, I plan to have 6 x 1Tb drives, raid 5 or 6. Giving me 4.5Tb roughly, which is about 1Tb more than I need, but that'll fill up quickly I'm sure. I wanted it to show up as one drive of 4.5Tb. the case I've purchased has hot swapable bays, so when a drive goes to heaven, I can easily replace it and not loose data. (hopefully ;-p ) Buuuuut, I've opted for this: http://www.xcase.co.uk/p/394553/3ware-9650se-8ml---8-port-satasas-controller-no-cables---pci-express-sf8087.html
And if I'm reading correctly, I can only make increments of 2Tb... (due to a windows and linux kernel 2.4 issue) I'm new to Linux (havng installed ubuntu last weekend) but guess if I upgrade to 2.6, I'll be fine.. I guess that's it, I have to get a dedicated card... But the advise thus far has been great... cheers!! Tris... 2008/5/7 Norman Bunn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Tris wrote: > > Hi all... > > I'm building my first PC.. > > I want to use a RAID configuration and see that many motherboards > > offer raid 5 as standard. > > This is what I was after, but assumed I'd need a raid card to do that. > > > > so my question is, will a motherboard such as: > > > http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Motherboards/Socket+775+%28Intel%29/Gigabyte+GA-P35-DS3L+iP35+Express+%28775%29+Motherboard+?productId=30549 > > > > Offer me a reliable raid set up? > > I've just using it to host media through my house, so the load will be > > minimal... > > > > Any tech heads out there, know what's what? > > > > Tris... > > > My personal feeling is that onboard components, while fine in some > respects (less expensive), are typically inferior to add-on units that > are specifically tailored to your needs. As an example, my son's PC has > onboard RAID, and it has given him nothing but trouble, while a > dedicated RAID 5 NAS I have just keeps on ticking. > > --- > > Norman W. Bunn > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 803.405.1008 > ---------------------------------------------- > www.CraftedSolutions.com > Crafted Solutions, Inc. > Web Design & Development > Web Site Hosting & Custom Solutions > "Get the results the Internet promises; > get the 'Net Result' from Crafted Solutions!" > ---------------------------------------------- > > > > > > -- > > * * Please support the community that supports you. * * > http://evolt.org/help_support_evolt/ > > For unsubscribe and other options, including the Tip Harvester > and archives of thelist go to: http://lists.evolt.org > Workers of the Web, evolt ! > -- "The only people who don't make mistakes are those who don't do anything" Give a man a fish and he'll feed himself for a day. Give a man a religion and he'll starve to death praying for a fish. Anon `We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.` Kurt Vonnegut `When a person can no longer laugh at himself, it is time for others to laugh at him.` Thomas Szasz ____ � The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM � ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or use the web interface http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ Send Your Posts To: [email protected] To change subscription settings, add a password or view the web interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=wdvltalk ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
