Notable, and I recommend getting it. The 2GB sticks are going to be easier to find at a reasonable price, but the 4GB sticks do exist (they seem to be harder to find lately, and when I do, they've gotten on the expensive side). UDIMM variant of DDR2-533 ECC, CL = 4.
Neither does UltraNeo, as I pointed out a couple of posts back.
It's part of HDTune's results, so you don't have to hunt it down.
But it's iostor.sys IIRC, if you wish to track it down.
I'll have to check this out. I can find some of mine, but they're card specific.
Yes, they can do multiple arrays, in any type that you've got enough drives for, and the card is capable of managing.
I've not located anything else. But I've only been looking under Vista, as I don't have OS X.
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For an '09 model, you'd need one of these in order to use the HDD bays (you'd need the one that goes for $165USD for the SFF-8087 cable to connect to the card). Unfortunately, the current model uses traces on the PCB (logic board) for HDD data rather than cabling, and an adapter is needed. Unless you'd want to go pure external.
Port counts and features will vary, and affects the cost accordingly. BTW, Areca designed and manufactures the RR43xx models for Highpoint.Darn; it looks like I'll be doing a lot more work than I want to.
At least my drives are compatible. Thanks anyways.
NP. Backup, tear down/install new hardware, setup the new array (data gets wiped), and restore data. It's not hard IMO, it just takes some time. Half a day, unless the data is huge or the volume count is high (initialization under parity based array types). Data restoration is automatic, once the procedure is begun. Most of the time is spent waiting for some step to complete. 
Keep in mind, a Mirror (RAID1) /= Backup.
A mirror is meant to keep the system operational in case of a drive failure.
Like you, I doubt most MP's are used as servers, so a mirror isn't commonly a requirement.
); it looks like that's pretty much the only need stuff that needs to be backed up (that totals to around 40GB). All my preferences are synced with MobileMe (at least MobileMe is good for something right?), and the rest of my primary disk space is taken up by: 1) X-Plane @ 77GB, 2) FCS3 @ 60GB, and 3) CS4 @ 8GB. And the assortment of programs to complete it at around another 15GB; Snow Leopard uses about 12GB. It would seem that I really don't have that much reconfiguring to do.Keep in mind, a Mirror (RAID1) /= Backup.
Some get confused with this, and might missinterpret your wording, and end up thinking a mirror is a backup solution.
Half a day, unless the data is huge or the volume count is high (initialization under parity based array types). Data restoration is automatic, once the procedure is begun.
It's part of the setup. The biggest time wise, especially if you're going for RAID5.
Once you get everything setup, get the initial backup done, as it will save you a lot of effort and some time if you ever have a problem.
I am currently back[ing] up important files to a Bluray DL disk (testing out my new burner
RAID0 is quick, whether it's a software or hardware solution.
Add these, it would be a minimum of a very long day, even as some of these steps are: "start & walk away until completed, then start the next in the sequence". So lots of waiting involved.
It'll keep you off the streets.
Not necessarily, as it starts out on the fastest tracks and then gets to the slowest. The estimate I gave is an average of it, but it seems to correlate as a general rule of thumb in my experience (also note, the models I based this estimate are SATA enterprise drives; WD RE3's most recently).
It's not that hard, just time consuming, as you have to wait between the completion of each task. Not much multitasking can be done, until you get to the application and driver installation.
