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Is hardware RAID worth it?

I am planning to build a home NAS server, and have managed to get my hands on the following- Core i3 3220 Ivy Bridge CPU 4 GB Kingston RAM Basic motherboard with dual gigabit LAN port 4x WD 3TB HDDS 64GB SSD (For OS) I plan on using linux as the OS, and RAID 5 disk array. Now my question is, should I buy a hardware RAID card or I should go with a software RAID in the linux distro ? Now I know a software RAID will take a chunk out of the resources, but then again this box is solely for storage...

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Hmmm. 4 drives in raid 5, access over gige. Max transfer rate for a NAS is the slowest of the disk array...

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What is the difference betwen software raid and hardware raid?

what is the difference between software raid and hardware raid and can anyone tell me what the best software is available for software raid 5?

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Software raid relies on the OS and software to do the raid calculations and disk writes so there is...

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RAID 1 without hardware support.?

I would like to know if I can set-up RAID 1 with windows 7 using Windows 7 without RAID support on the motherboard.

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Yes, it is called a "Mirrored Volume" (you need Windows 7 Professional or better though) Go...

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How do you setup raid hardware?

i have learned the rest but was wondering i have 3 -250gb drives and am going to use raid 5. is there a special wiring order when hooking them to the mobo? it has 6 sata sockets and i have raid controller software with the mobo(asus crosshair)

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Hook up your drives to the Nvidia controller with the sata cables and connect power to them. (I'm assuming...

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Hardware Raid Data Recovery problem!?

I have on my server 2 x 1000GB Seagate hard drives connected to a raid controller, which means both have the same data. One day they both stopped working. both have the same damage. I need to recover the data is very important! I usually use a data recovery...

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Hi so it did-not occur to you to buy a third and forth drives for when one drive failed then. raid systems...

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Which is more stable raid implemented by windows or raid implemented by hardware?

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Raid implemented by Hardware is more stable than RAID implemented by Windows

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What additional hardware would be necessary to implement each of RAID 1 and RAID 5?

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Essentially that just means understanding what raid one and raid 5 are. Raid one stores the data on...

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What is the difference between hardware raid and software raid?

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Name says major difference between both. by the way Software RAID is created using feature provided...

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Is it software raid or hardware raid?

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There is both. Do you want a description of both?

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