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    April 19th, 2009 02:37 PM #1
    How will I know if my motherboard has a built-in RAID controller? I don't have the manual anymore.

    Is software RAID reliable?
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    April 19th, 2009 02:46 PM #2
    Quote Originally Posted by boybi View Post
    How will I know if my motherboard has a built-in RAID controller? I don't have the manual anymore.
    You can get the motherboard's brand and model and check it on the web.

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    You can see if there is a post screen about the RAID status during the computer's bootup post.

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    Have you tried checking the motherboard's BIOS config for raid enable option?


    Is software RAID reliable?
    So far all of my experience with RAID implementation is with hardware based controllers either on the motherboard or through a plug-in card.
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    April 19th, 2009 02:49 PM #3
    usually there's 2 sata ports of a different color. try googling your mobo's specs, that's another option.
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    April 19th, 2009 02:51 PM #4
    Quote Originally Posted by moejun2 View Post
    usually there's 2 sata ports of a different color..
    Not all the time. My office server's SATA based RAID has it's ports of the same color.
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    April 19th, 2009 02:53 PM #5
    This is my motherboard. It seems it doesn't have a RAID controller.

    http://www.intel.com/products/deskto...C-overview.htm

    What's the best software RAID there is?
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    April 19th, 2009 02:58 PM #6
    gh, yeah, not all the time, you're right.

    i wouldn't bother with raid though, not enough gains, for me at least.
    if i were after speed i'd opt to get a pair of velociraptors or something faster.
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    April 19th, 2009 03:01 PM #7
    *boybi

    Why the need for a RAID setup? Converting an existing PC to a data server or backoffice purposes?
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    April 19th, 2009 03:03 PM #8
    Quote Originally Posted by moejun2 View Post
    i wouldn't bother with raid though, not enough gains, for me at least.
    if i were after speed i'd opt to get a pair of velociraptors or something faster.
    For most PC based uses, RAID doesn't really offer that big a gain. But for servers, it is pretty much essential for data integrity and storage capacity upgradability.
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    April 19th, 2009 03:06 PM #9
    Some software RAID link:

    http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/B...disk-raid.html
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    April 19th, 2009 03:37 PM #10
    Quote Originally Posted by ghosthunter View Post
    *boybi

    Why the need for a RAID setup? Converting an existing PC to a data server or backoffice purposes?
    For data file backup, incase the harddisk fails. Although I backup the data in a USB drive, I just want an added level of protection.
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    April 20th, 2009 12:36 AM #11
    You can opt to buy a NAS with RAID too like WD World II or ShareSpace.
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