I've done this in the past and it works great on Gigabyte motherboards that have the feature -- Gigabyte boards offer you either full Promise 20276 RAID-1 or ATA emulation, whichever you prefer, from the extra RAID or ATA connectors. (Asus boards only give you the 'Lite' version of the Promise RAID controller, so you can't use the connectors for non-RAIDed or ATA drives.) My approach was to use the extra connectors for their ATA functionality, then I set up software RAID using Linux. I'd plug one drive into the primary master IDE connector and the second drive in the green RAID/ATA connector. Then installed Linux using the software RAID option. This worked great, I got my money's worth, but it bothered me having an extra 120 GB disk mirroring the first disk when I could put it in another machine and install a Fedora Core bets on it instead...so that is what I did. Bob Cochran Jason S wrote: > Most motherboards these days have a version with an integrated Promise Raid > IDE controller for about $10 more, or PCI card with the controller is about > $30. > > If you're going with 2 hard drives anyway, get the RAID controller; it's > even cheaper than Total Commander. Configure the 2 drives for Raid 1 > (mirroring). The 2 drives will be bitwise duplicated of each other (done in > hardware, so there is no system overhead like a software solution). The > Raid controller can also read from both drives concurrently since they're > identical on a bit level anyway, so your read rate will double. If one > drive fails, you still have a perfect copy on the other. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dennis Crawley" > To: > Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2004 6:08 AM > Subject: Re: [OT:] Backup Software - Your favorites? > > > >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Bob Blick" >>Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2004 3:04 AM >>Subject: Re: [OT:] Backup Software - Your favorites? >> >>>rsync? >> >>1.- Buy the same HDD. >>2.- Install it removable. >>3.- Download Total Commander (~35U$) >>4.- Use Synchronize Directories Module >> >>Synchronize after a week or so. >>Synchronize after a mayor (and well done) soft installation. >>Save important and frequently modified data on a CD-RW. >>Don't leave connected the removable HDD during a normal session. >>Put the HDD in a save(*) and dry place >>(*) Mechanically and electrically >>The restoring process is a simple plug on! >> >>Try Taskzip. But I don't like background processes. I do prefer leave a >>unique task and go to read something... or use my wife's computer. :) >> >>Dennis Crawley >> >>PS: Backup processes are about strict discipline. That's all! >> >>-- >>http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList >>mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu >> >> > > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList > mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu > > -- Bob Cochran Greenbelt, Maryland, USA http://greenbeltcomputer.biz/ -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu