Recent content by stefandenic

Hi. On an earlier thread (how to access a drive remotely) you've given me a suggestion on how to keep a proper backup. All data will be copied manually on an external drive kept offline in a drawer and the most important stuff (photos) will be automatically synchronized with Google drive...

Hi, I've been building a desktop / htpc to store data in a raid1 array. I've bought a pcie card based on an asm1061 chipset with two sata6 connectors. Upon booting, it says Jmicron technology pcie controller etc ... and it says that two hdds are connect. Don't see a way to upload a picture...

That leaves me with a large monthly plan for a cloud backup? It's significantly more expensive for the same amount of storage. Or an external hard drive that's offline?

I don't need the constant availability, but mirroring really came in handy. I haven't had proper raid drives to be honest, just hooked several I had lying around. This time I went with two WD gold drives for their raid capability. In fact one drive and a raid card are still on the way, it's...

Thank you for answering. I am afraid I don't follow the raid issue. I have been using raid for years, just in case a hdd fails. In fact, I've started with raid 10 with 4 hdds years ago and ended with only one drive that's functional, along with all the data. Another location is another city...

Hi. This might be a common question, but for the love of god I can't solve the issue. I've built a desktop PC that I plan to equip with two hdds in raid 1 using pcie raid controller. It's windows based, since my father insists on not using anything else (after two years of Ubuntu). I would...