Re: Help With Raid Multimedia Server.

[Richard Malcolm-Smith <rich@xxxxxxxxxx>]

drawllimuk wrote:

> Can anyone help me with RAID
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> I am trying to group all my SATA HDD's together under RAID, but I=20
> need an 8 port controller and the cheapest I can find is about
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> (SWMBO doesn't like that idea!!) but I have seen 4+1 Ex controllers=20
> for about $18 on ebay. My question is if I buy two and control four=20
> disks on each will they show up as two large HDDs?

You should be able to software raid them under windows.

There is a binary hack for some system files to add raid-5 capabilitys
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windows XP, but expect it to break in some future service pack when they
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