[Zogthetroll]

ok, time to resurrect this thread. getting a little more OS specific here, I was under the impression that windows NT4.0 Server supported RAID 0, 1, 5, and 0+1 software-wise, or will it only manage that with a controller card? I'm in the process (on paper anyway) of designing a server. once i get into a place that I can get broadband instead of dial-up, i'd be using it for a number of functions. it would act as a firewall, fileserver, printserver, and possibly host web pages. I say windows NT4.0 server because i have an old CD of that, i'm willing to live with the lack of USB support, so unless there are any compelling reasons why I should go with a different OS that will do what I want (please let me know if there is, i'm just trying to learn here) i'll use NT. also, when you referred to software solution being non-bootable, you mean off of other than the master drive? my other OS option would be LINUX redhat 7 set up as a server. but i'm not really familiar with that so it'd be a pretty steep learning curve there. anyway, for the server i'm designing, i'm including space for 4 drives so i'll have the option of raid 5 or 0+1 should the need arise. i'm also thinking of going flexATX so if I can use software raid instead of a controller card i'd have room for a tv-tuner card. that's not a big deal one way or the other though. i'll start up a new thread on the server once i get renderings done and specs a little more figured out.