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kfoster
01-21-2009, 12:42 PM
Im looking for a sata card i have a optiplex gx520 that im going to turn into a WHS. The problem is it has only 1 internal sata.

Im looking to do raid mirrored 1tb drives.


How come esata is a 3.0 but alot of the internal cards i look at dont appear to be that speed ?
Danny Bui
01-21-2009, 01:44 PM
Because many of those internal cards are old and are based on an older spec. In addition, the eSATA standard was created after SATA 3.0Gb/s was standardized. Hence why there is no 1.5Gb/s eSATA standard.

Also, if you're using WHS, whats the point of using RAID1?
kfoster
01-21-2009, 01:55 PM
What other alternative do i have?
Danny Bui
01-21-2009, 02:00 PM
What other alternative do i have?

Alternative for what?
enginurd
01-21-2009, 02:31 PM
Alternatives to RAID1? No RAID, and the other RAID levels. Alternative to RAID1 for data replication? RAID5, 6, and 10. Why do YOU want RAID, at all, for a WHS box?
jtg1993
01-21-2009, 02:38 PM
Just pick up a dumb sata controller and use whs and turn on duplication, ghetto raid 1 right there and your not screwed if the card dies.
kfoster
01-21-2009, 08:12 PM
because if i have 1tb of data i dont wanna lose it
enginurd
01-21-2009, 08:33 PM
because if i have 1tb of data i dont wanna lose it

If you accidentally hit "delete," it will still get deleted from both drives in a RAID1. RAID is NOT a backup solution. If you want to backup your data, use an external HDD or similar -- something you can keep offline. An online, live mirror is mainly to minimize downtime in case one of the two drives fail. A RAID5 array would protect against a single drive failure, since it can rebuild that data. A RAID6 array would protect against a two-drive failure. However, again, the best backup is offline and offsite - if possible.
Adakos
01-21-2009, 08:39 PM
im using 750x4 in RAID5 and 5x500 RAID5 in my whs server , each as a folder, with duplication enabled.

probably overkill but what the hey.


edit: once my shared get too big, i'll just pop off duplication and rely on my spare hotswaps drives!
kfoster
01-22-2009, 12:00 PM
Well i was going to setup a 100gb drive as the main os drive and then have all the data on the 1tb w/ a 1tb backup is this not a good method with WHS?