2011-11-20, 01:02
MarkosJal Wrote:Actually a redundant RAID in HARDWARE is in fact a back up across two drives. If either drive fails the other retains the data. So YES a RAID in fact CAN be a proper backup, however most RAID cards these days use Cheaper software RAIDs which is not the same as a hardware RAID
I'm using on-board RAID built into my motherboard, so I'm likely not redundant? I'm a little confused by this, as I understood RAID5 keeps parity for all data striped across all drives in the array (four drives in my case). My assumption is that with on-board RAID it is a software based card. What extra advantages would a hardware card net me?