[SOLVED] Hardware RAID card

[Michael P.]

I have 5 - 2tb HDD's,all the same.I'd like to get a Card to run these in RAID 10.One with a processor and memory,Preferably not over $250.00 . PCI III, Can I have some recommendations? SATA drives,something to take the load off my CPU.

 

[USAFRet]

First off, why RAID 10?
What are you expecting from this configuration?

 

[Michael P.]

First off, why RAID 10?
What are you expecting from this configuration?

I have read that 10 is the most secure,? I'm looking for storage security.

 

[USAFRet]

I have read that 10 is the most secure,? I'm looking for storage security.

RAID only really helps in the case of physical drive fail, and if you actually need 24/7 uninterrupted ops. Like if you were running a website and its server, and unscheduled downtime = lost sales.
It does nothing for all the other types of data loss. Accidental deletion, corruption, malware, ransomware, etc, etc.

It is rarely a need for typical consumers.

A comprehensive backup solution wards off all those events, and physical drive fail.

 

[Michael P.]

RAID only really helps in the case of physical drive fail, and if you actually need 24/7 uninterrupted ops. Like if you were running a website and its server, and unscheduled downtime = lost sales.
It does nothing for all the other types of data loss. Accidental deletion, corruption, malware, ransomware, etc, etc.

It is rarely a need for typical consumers.

A comprehensive backup solution wards off all those events, and physical drive fail.

OK...I need a card to run up to 5 , 2 - tb disks for audio archiving. What would you suggest?

 

[USAFRet]

OK...I need a card to run up to 5 , 2 - tb disks for audio archiving. What would you suggest?

'auto archiving'...on what type of schedule? Daily, weekly, second by second?

My system does a full backup of all drives, every night.

 

[Michael P.]

'auto archiving'...on what type of schedule? Daily, weekly, second by second?

My system does a full backup of all drives, every night.

Audio.CD's...hundreds of them. To store CD's.

 

[USAFRet]

Audio.CD's...hundreds of them. To store CD's.

That absolutely does not need a second by second mirror.

A regular backup plan would work far better.
All that data backed up to some other drive, preferably more than one location.

With a RAID 0, 1, 5, 10...if a particular file were to be deleted/corrupted, it is gone gone gone.
With a real backup, there is an actual second or third copy to recover from.

What is your backup situation at home?

What is your backup situation at home? And if you don't do that, why not? Every single day, I read multiple threads here of "How do I get my stuff back?" or "That drive had 5 years of photos of my kids!!" Be it a dead drive, dropped phone, virus, accidental deletion, formatting the wrong...

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