RAID 1 Card Recommendations Thomas <tparikka[ at ]transienttechnologies.com> 12/29/2008 5:16:58 PM Hi all, I have a Windows XP machine operating as a file server, and need to add redundancy. I need a good PCI RAID 1 card with support for bootable arrays. Does anyone have any recommendations? I am willing to entertain both high and low end solutions although the more affordable I can make this the easier it will be to pitch to my boss. Thanks! Thomas

Re: RAID 1 Card Recommendations "ThePro" <mcthepro[ at ]nospam.hotmail.com> 12/29/2008 7:07:13 PM "Thomas" <tparikka[ at ]transienttechnologies.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] > > I have a Windows XP machine operating as a file server, and need to > add redundancy. I need a good PCI RAID 1 card with support for > bootable arrays. Does anyone have any recommendations? I am willing to > entertain both high and low end solutions although the more affordable > I can make this the easier it will be to pitch to my boss. > > Thanks! > > Thomas Assuming you have SATA drives, in the low end there is http://www.startech.com/item/PCISATA4R1-4-Port-Serial-ATA-RAID-01-PCI-Card.aspx and http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/products/Controllers/Hardware/sata/entry/SAS-2405/ ThePro

Re: RAID 1 Card Recommendations Thomas Parikka <tparikka[ at ]transienttechnologies.com> 12/29/2008 7:51:13 PM On Dec 29, 1:07 pm, "ThePro" <mcthe...[ at ]nospam.hotmail.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] > "Thomas" <tpari...[ at ]transienttechnologies.com> wrote: > > > I have a Windows XP machine operating as a file server, and need to > > add redundancy. I need a good PCI RAID 1 card with support for > > bootable arrays. Does anyone have any recommendations? I am willing to > > entertain both high and low end solutions although the more affordable > > I can make this the easier it will be to pitch to my boss. > > > Thanks! > > > Thomas > > Assuming you have SATA drives, in the low end there ishttp://www.startech..com/item/PCISATA4R1-4-Port-Serial-ATA-RAID-01-PCI... > andhttp://www.adaptec.com/en-US/products/Controllers/Hardware/sata/entry.... > > ThePro [ at ]ThePro This is definitely a beginner's question but the Startech card is hardware RAID, correct? I've come across a few cards which looked good but were software RAID, and I do not yet know how to tell the difference. Thanks! Thomas