Blake Barnett wrote: > In my experience (albeit focused purely on server hardware) there are so > many downsides to doing IDE RAID that it doesn't even make sense to use > it. I suppose if you're trying to find the absolute cheapest solution > then it's viable, but then you'd be forced to ask yourself; "How much do > I value this data?" and "Why not just use software RAID and/or > rsync-type backups?".
What are these "many downsides" to IDE RAID that you refer to? (other than it doesn't compare performance wise to hardware RAID) For a cheap home file server, it seams to make sense... /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
