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Onboard RAID vs Software RAID

My motherboard, an Asus M4a79t Deluxe, advertises RAID 0/1/5 capabilities. My limited understanding is that onboard RAID is better than software RAID. Is this necessarily true? Is an onboard RAID controller closer in performance to a software…
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Hardware or Software RAID and Filesystem Type?

I'm looking to build a pretty simple RAID-5 or RAID-6 array and I'm looking into my options. The machine will be a 64bit Ubuntu Linux Server and will essentially be used as a backup/file server. I'll need to store pretty large files, so a FAT-32…
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RAID5 with on-board controller, is it possible to move the HDDs to a new server?

I am wondering how safe a hardware RAID configuration can be. In case of a HDD failure, I just need to replace the damaged hard drive. What if the server motherboard crashes? Is it possible to get the HDDs and put them in a whole new server without…
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Can I run multiple RAID arrays on a single RAID card?

I"m looking to buy a hardware RAID card for my Linux computer which I'm building, and I'm specifically considering this Intel model. I'm planning on running multiple RAID arrays in my computer: a RAID-0 array for two SSDs and another RAID array for…
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Multiple operating systems/partitions on a hardware RAID array?

I've read that running multiple operating systems/boot partitions in RAID arrays doesn't always work as planned and is difficult at best. Is this true only of software RAID arrays? If so, that makes a lot of sense, as software RAID would run at the…
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Hardware RAID - what happens if the motherboard or controller fails?

I want to set up a RAID 5 array in a machine that has an intel motherboard. It has built in raid (sata). My concern is what happens if the motherboard fails? How can I take those hard drives and move them to a different machine - with a…
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move RAID controller + HDDs + data (RAID5) to new motherboard

I have a HighPoint RocketRAID 2300 RAID controller with 4 HDDs on my MSI P6N SLI mainboard and want to move the RAID controller with its HDDs and data to my new computer that has a Asrock H61M-ITX mainboard. I am using RAID5. What is the recommended…
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Why are hardware RAID solutions relatively expensive?

I was looking more recently into building a RAID-10 array for good drive performance and parity, and I started looking into hardware RAID cards. I was thinking I'd be paying under $100 for one, but it seems that the good ones run anywhere from $300…
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RAID vs AHCI on Windows7 x64 ASUS

I have an ASUS p5ke-wifi/ap which has built-in RAID controller. From the BIOS, I can choose between 3 controller types: IDE RAID AHCI In that order. This setting was set to AHCI when I installed Windows7 Pro x64 and everything's fine. I have 3 hard…
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Any advantages of having Raid0 with single drive?

Are there any advantages of having a Raid0 configuration with a single drive? Both Intel controllers and LSI controllers I'm using allow for Raid0 creation using a single drive. Is there any performance gain / whatnot by doing this? I've found this…
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Does the PERC H310 Raid Controller support hard drives above 2 TB (e.g. 3 TB)?

We received a new machine (Dell Precision T3600) with a PERC H310 RAID Controller. Due to some troubles during the installation I started to read a bit about that RAID card, and I found some sources, that would state, that this card does not support…
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Prevent Windows 2003 blue screen upon boot after changing to RAID?

Here's what's happening. I havent been using hardware RAID on my motherboard, but since I got new disks today I changed from normal SATA to RAID and rebooted. I set up the RAID, three disks, one of them for the OS, the two other RAIDED as one.…
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How do you disable BIOS RAID on SuperMicro X9SCL/X9SCM motherboard?

I am trying to install SLES11 on a computer with a X9SCL/X9SCM SuperMicro motherboard. The BIOS version is 1.1a (9/28/2011). The SATA controller configuration gives me the following choices: AHCI RAID (Intel or LSI) IDE Disabled I have tried both…
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RAID 0 + 1 with 3HDD 2x1TB + 1x2TB

Is it possible to make RAID 0 + 1 with 3 Hard Drives I have currently setup raid 0 with 2x~1TB HDD (1.8TB approx) Now i got 2TB HDD (1.9TB approx) which i want to be as a mirror drive. Is is possible to do a hardware raid 0+1 with 3 HDD 2x1TB Same…
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Bad performance with HP P840 and P440ar and consumer SSD in Raid 10 or consumer HDD in Raid 5

i know that my setup isn't supported officially by this kind of hardware, but still i am really astonished how bad it behaves. i am running a ML350 Gen9 with 128GB of RAM, dual Xeon E5-2630 V3 on which i am using the P440ar to run 8 SSDs Crucial…
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