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Originally Posted by prb123
RAID 0+1 is cool but if he is simply storing MP3 files on it a simple mirror, with two large drives would do fine. Plus the money he saves can be used to purchase a hardware RAID controller.
Ps. I forgot to mention linux, and Novell when stating which operating systems support software mirroring.
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I agree: Zog's requirements are actually pretty low, and RAID1 fits perfectly, so I would recommend a software based solution like the HPT37x or a Promise unit--whatever happens to be onboard the mobo you like.
I don't think I would recommend a 3Ware card unless somebody intends to build an array on the cheap with tremendous capacity--their 4 and 8 drive models don't compare to competitor's offerings like the LSI MegaRAIDi4, and can't think of a reasonable application for IDE RAID0 or RAID1 in a machine sporting 64bit 66MHz PCI slots...
OTOH, the Escalade x50x-12 cards are a nice way to make a 2TB RAID5 with a hot-spare.
Also, AFAIK, no OS allows bootable OS-software-RAID.
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