Pheonix - Ive heard the same about RAID also
Software raid, if say done in windows, and windows messes up = Raid bye bye
Hardware is better it seems
The raid cards are large, as many have upgradable/changable ram, its own processor or similar
Not designed for home users or little servers
Designed for preformace servers
Pheonix - I think you won the award for the ProCooling Snap Discussion Longest Rant
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