board2death986
[H]ard|Gawd
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Please don't laugh me into submission but i've never had the need for any type of protected storage solution (i know raid isn't a sure bet to data protection), but my storage has acrued to the point where I want to gander at putting together a Raid 5 array. My budget for this is relatively small, and my question is this:
I've noticed motherboard Sata ports include Raid options 0/1/5/10/what have you, does this include all SATA ports on the board or only specific ones? I know where it matters it's worth buying a dedicated card but for the size of the array I would need around 8 TB drives and those cards are a bit out of my range. If my idea is sound, I could use a motherboard with 8 SATA ports http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128358 and use the onboard solution to create an array.
Laugh, ridicule, but please also advise if this is possible. I dont have the cash to invest in a high end RAID controller, and while my data isn't priceless i'd like to try to put some kind of protective solution in place. I've looked at simpler solutions like Drobo but for enough ports the S version is close to $800, so a Raid card with some extra drives would still be cheaper. Help please!
I've noticed motherboard Sata ports include Raid options 0/1/5/10/what have you, does this include all SATA ports on the board or only specific ones? I know where it matters it's worth buying a dedicated card but for the size of the array I would need around 8 TB drives and those cards are a bit out of my range. If my idea is sound, I could use a motherboard with 8 SATA ports http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128358 and use the onboard solution to create an array.
Laugh, ridicule, but please also advise if this is possible. I dont have the cash to invest in a high end RAID controller, and while my data isn't priceless i'd like to try to put some kind of protective solution in place. I've looked at simpler solutions like Drobo but for enough ports the S version is close to $800, so a Raid card with some extra drives would still be cheaper. Help please!