One of the major advantages of RAID 1 is that you can take one of the
disks, at any time, and plug it in somewhere else with no RAID card,
and it'll work fine.  RAID configuration is held at the very end of
the disk for all the controllers I've worked with, so really trying to
find the exact same MB or chipset or controller card is a non-issue.

RAID 1 means the drives are cloned to each other, and except for
configuration data are just as bootable and usable alone as they are
under the array.

-Adam

On 2/26/08, SM Ling <sm.ling11@gmail.com> wrote:
> After reading the postings about RAID, I am thinking to setup a RAID1 for my
> home PC to save the hassle of hard disk crashing.
>
> I am using the gigabyte motherboard (GA-8VM800M), any comments for using the
> onboard RAID controller (VIA VT8237R)?  What are the considerations of using
> external RAID controller versus onboard one?
>
> After putting a surge adapter to the AC plug, my harddisk and power supply
> are behaving better.   At least, the PS failed because of aging now.  Any
> other cost effective measure for  supply protection?  Running cost of UPS is
> a concern as the PC is on 247.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Cheers, Ling SM
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