I am looking to setup a small off-site backup server for my web server.
I plan to use 2 x WD 1TB Blacks in RAID 1. I may in the future want to add some more drives, and possibly go to RAID5. The windows boot/software drive is also a WD Black.
I`m looking at:
LSI MegaRAID SATA/SAS 9260-4i
And am wondering if there are better options. Reliability is important to me. I don't want to worry about over heating, or failures.
This will most likely be running Windows 2003 Server with up to two users on at once, one local and one RDP, and also will be used for the main purpose storing data off my primary web-server.
I currently have a P5LD2 Deluxe motherboard that supports RAID, but I`m unsure if it's "true" hardware raid or software raid stored on a chip on the mobo.... I am looking for a true hardware raid something that in the future I can move to new servers, something of high-quality.
I`m basically looking for some items to add to this computer to make it stable for a long period of time. Prior to 2009 it ran 24/7 since I built it which was around 3.5 years, so I know the rest of the system is up to the task.
What would you use for a raid controller?
I plan to use 2 x WD 1TB Blacks in RAID 1. I may in the future want to add some more drives, and possibly go to RAID5. The windows boot/software drive is also a WD Black.
I`m looking at:
LSI MegaRAID SATA/SAS 9260-4i
And am wondering if there are better options. Reliability is important to me. I don't want to worry about over heating, or failures.
This will most likely be running Windows 2003 Server with up to two users on at once, one local and one RDP, and also will be used for the main purpose storing data off my primary web-server.
I currently have a P5LD2 Deluxe motherboard that supports RAID, but I`m unsure if it's "true" hardware raid or software raid stored on a chip on the mobo.... I am looking for a true hardware raid something that in the future I can move to new servers, something of high-quality.
I`m basically looking for some items to add to this computer to make it stable for a long period of time. Prior to 2009 it ran 24/7 since I built it which was around 3.5 years, so I know the rest of the system is up to the task.
What would you use for a raid controller?
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