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Yes, in this case I think I'll have to, because I've got 4 drives in a raid, 2 optical drives, and an SSD.
I was really hoping a simple after marked SATA card would work.
Yes, in this case I think I'll have to, because I've got 4 drives in a raid, 2 optical drives, and an SSD.
I was really hoping a simple after marked SATA card would work.
Is RAID a must for you? I think mirroring using RAID1 is not a proper idea. You get backup of your data properly, that will be much better. Have a mechanism for incremental backups, it will be the best, IMO.
RAID is problematic.
For this machine it's a necessity. I suppose that I could just move everything off the four drives and free up two more ports.
What about just a plain sata card and not a RAID card? This is a rosewill card and we were using it only as a driver for the CD drives.
RAID is not necessary for a machine. It is necessary for the user.
I would suggest you to have a bigger drive and use AHCI.