I'm having a 'mare with getting a backup system to keep my all-important photos and music on and need some sage advice. All I want is a reliable form of storage that will allow me to backup all my data safely, securely, and without any reliance on software.
I'm not 100% sure I can do this with my current setup as I'm led to believe the nVidia RAID relies on software and cannot be rebuilt easily - as per this topic, so I've thought of some alternatives...
Currently I have:
Asus A8N-SLI Premium
1 x 80GB Hitachi Deskstar
2 x 250GB Samsung Spinpoint
I'd wanted to set the two 250GB drives up in RAID 1 and have the 80GB as my system drive. Unfortunately I had a bit of an 'issue' over the weekend which led to the RAID array being lost and the Hitachi being unreadable.
So I'm now facing a decision. Do I carry on with software RAID or go with hardware? And if I go with hardware, do I go with USB or eSATA?
Option 1:
Stick with what I've got.
Option 2:
Keep A8N-SLi Premium
Buy Thecus Yes N2050
Put Samsung drives in Yes box (RAID 1)
Connect via USB2 / eSATA card (only 1.5Gbps but included with N2050)
Option 3:
Buy A8N32-SLI Deluxe
Buy Thecus Yes N2050
Put Samsung drives in Yes box (RAID 1)
Connect via 3Gbps eSATA provided by the new motherboard
Option 4:
Buy Thecus YES N2100
Put Samsung drives in Yes box (RAID 1)
Take advantage of GbE connection
Option 5:
Something else?
I'm not 100% sure I can do this with my current setup as I'm led to believe the nVidia RAID relies on software and cannot be rebuilt easily - as per this topic, so I've thought of some alternatives...
Currently I have:
Asus A8N-SLI Premium
1 x 80GB Hitachi Deskstar
2 x 250GB Samsung Spinpoint
I'd wanted to set the two 250GB drives up in RAID 1 and have the 80GB as my system drive. Unfortunately I had a bit of an 'issue' over the weekend which led to the RAID array being lost and the Hitachi being unreadable.
So I'm now facing a decision. Do I carry on with software RAID or go with hardware? And if I go with hardware, do I go with USB or eSATA?
Option 1:
Stick with what I've got.
Option 2:
Keep A8N-SLi Premium
Buy Thecus Yes N2050
Put Samsung drives in Yes box (RAID 1)
Connect via USB2 / eSATA card (only 1.5Gbps but included with N2050)
Option 3:
Buy A8N32-SLI Deluxe
Buy Thecus Yes N2050
Put Samsung drives in Yes box (RAID 1)
Connect via 3Gbps eSATA provided by the new motherboard
Option 4:
Buy Thecus YES N2100
Put Samsung drives in Yes box (RAID 1)
Take advantage of GbE connection
Option 5:
Something else?
