On 12/22 10:07 , Filipe wrote: > Nice clarification. I think I will do this way. > And I think there's no reason for a 3ware controler. if i have to opt > for RAID I would use the raid on the board via sata raid.
onboard 'raid' that you get on motherboards isn't really hardware RAID. it's just sorta-kinda hardware RAID. It's mostly done in software with a special driver, and doesn't have the management capabilities that 3ware controllers do. a 3ware controller will export what looks like a SCSI disk to the OS; and is far faster than the firmware 'raid' bits that you see on motherboards. if you get a 3ware controller, you can use their '3dm' tool to monitor the controller through a web interface, do hardware tests, fail a drive, rebuild the array, and best of all, it will send you mail alerts about things happening. seriously, get a 3ware controller; you'll never want a box without one again. even a 2-port one is $130 well-spent, even on a home machine. -- Carl Soderstrom Systems Administrator Real-Time Enterprises www.real-time.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
