Software RAID is always, in my experience, more stable than onboard "RAID" especially if you only have one OS. On Nov 17, 2013 12:59 PM, "john boris" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Robert, > Yes I understand that. I am trying to keep the cost down and if the > Motherboard I get has a good onboard controller than it will save me some > $$$$ > > > On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 3:57 PM, Robert Hajime Lanning <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> On 11/17/13 11:52, john boris wrote: >> >>> up. I can live with an onboard Raid controller as I plan to use 2 drives >>> mirrored. >>> >> >> The bane of "on-board RAID". Make sure the on-board RAID solution is not >> of the "fakeraid" variety. The "fakeraid" only exists for dual boot >> compatibility with "other" operating systems. When a "fakeraid" device goes >> into a failure mode (degraded RAID set), it stops. You need to boot >> windows to rebuild the RAID set. The "fakeraid" is a BIOS boot supported >> software RAID. >> >> >> -- >> Mr. Flibble >> King of the Potato People >> _______________________________________________ >> Tech mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech >> This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators >> http://lopsa.org/ >> > > > > -- > John J. Boris, Sr. > Online Services > www.onlinesvc.com > > _______________________________________________ > Tech mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ > >
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