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The Jackal · 26-10-2006, 16:07

Tend to agree with the posts from the boys above.

RAID can be problematic but when/if you get it working properly then it can be absolute sweetness but we're talking RAID5 or more with expensive controller cards.

As I tried to say previously read up on it look at the pros / cons / failures and successes before you commit.

As it goes we have *ALL* had problems with RAID anyone who says otherwise may have not used it in anger or abundance.

My last RAID1 failure was a couple of months back I spent ages a few years back setting up that RAID array so that if it did fail then the secondary config would take over and did it : Like **** did it NO

I had to get my ass down to the datacentre and swap the disks over : grrrrrrrrrrr
Luckily I had no data lost but I made sure I disabled the RAID controller and set up a job to rsync the disks - job - done.

They sync up every 2 hours or so and rsync is so fast it only takes a minute.
(so what if you lose like 2 hours worth of data if something went wrong better that than 2 corrupt disks)

Talking of which I have just rsync'd my lappy over the network and even that only takes like 2 minutes.

Good luck mate and good luck in researching alternative solutions.

26-10-2006, 16:07	#10
The Jackal Inactive Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,604	Re: RAID...on Windows XP Pro or Server 2003 Tend to agree with the posts from the boys above. RAID can be problematic but when/if you get it working properly then it can be absolute sweetness but we're talking RAID5 or more with expensive controller cards. As I tried to say previously read up on it look at the pros / cons / failures and successes before you commit. As it goes we have ALL had problems with RAID anyone who says otherwise may have not used it in anger or abundance. My last RAID1 failure was a couple of months back I spent ages a few years back setting up that RAID array so that if it did fail then the secondary config would take over and did it : Like **** did it NO I had to get my ass down to the datacentre and swap the disks over : grrrrrrrrrrr Luckily I had no data lost but I made sure I disabled the RAID controller and set up a job to rsync the disks - job - done. They sync up every 2 hours or so and rsync is so fast it only takes a minute. (so what if you lose like 2 hours worth of data if something went wrong better that than 2 corrupt disks) Talking of which I have just rsync'd my lappy over the network and even that only takes like 2 minutes. Good luck mate and good luck in researching alternative solutions.