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markey164 · 21-08-2006, 01:44 AM

Hi guys,

Am looking to setup SATA RAID5 for resilience of my data. I understand the concepts of RAID, but have never actually set it up before, and dont want to spend too much money either.

I understand its best practise to setup the drives on the same bus which means i will need a 4 port SATA controller card. If i were to buy something like:
DabsValue 4-PORT SATA RAID Card PCI (FSA31144IR01BC0)

which states it supports RAID 0+1, would i still be able to setup RAID5 as software RAID ?

Any advice/comments gratefully recieved.

Mark

21-08-2006, 01:44 AM	#1 (permalink) Top
markey164 Geek Trainee Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 6 Times Helpful: 1 Status: Offline	software RAID5 on a PCI card supporting RAID 0+1 ? Hi guys, Am looking to setup SATA RAID5 for resilience of my data. I understand the concepts of RAID, but have never actually set it up before, and dont want to spend too much money either. I understand its best practise to setup the drives on the same bus which means i will need a 4 port SATA controller card. If i were to buy something like: DabsValue 4-PORT SATA RAID Card PCI (FSA31144IR01BC0) which states it supports RAID 0+1, would i still be able to setup RAID5 as software RAID ? Any advice/comments gratefully recieved. Mark