[H-GEN] RAID controllers on MoBos

[Stephen Thorne]

> My question is motherboard, RAID controller and whether
> the RAID controllers on the mobos are any good for the
> sort of spec above?  I threw a dart at the GameDude
> catalog and came up with the Asus P5B-E Plus.

As far as I am aware, motherboard raid controllers are what are known
as "Hardware Assisted" RAID controllers. A significant amount of work
is done in software.

Disks are a point of failure, but so is the motherboard and so is the
raid controller.

I would recommend a much simpler approach. Use multiple disks,  and
rsync periodically to a disk which you don't keep mounted.

Remember kids, RAID isn't backup.
--
Stephen Thorne

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