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On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 19:09:01 -0500, Greg Helledy <gregsonh@gra-inc.com> wrote:
> I've now learned that (I think) we want RAID-1 (mirroring), and located
> a PCI card at CompUSA for about $60. (Not interested in software RAID.)
> In general, is adding RAID-1 to a machine going to consist of plugging
> in the card, plugging the drives into the card (assuming that one is
> blank and formatted, and the other, identically-sized one, has our OS
> and data) and turning the machine on?
Chances are that $60 raid card actually uses software for RAID operations.
You can't go wrong with 3ware IDE RAID cards. They cost a bit more,
but it's honest-to-goodness actual RAID. They have both Parallel and
Serial ATA cards.
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186,000 miles per second. It's not just a good idea, it's the law.
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