I'll follow up - I'm using Linux software-based RAID. No hardware controllers at all.<div><br></div><div>--Jason<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 2:30 PM, Jason Jones <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:poeticintensity@gmail.com">poeticintensity@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">+1 for using RAID in a DAW. I currently employ a simple RAID-1 for mirroring and protecting my DAW from hard drive failure, and I'm still able to record 9 simultaneous streams just fine. Any other reason why using RAID in a DAW could be a bad idea? I've only had good experience with it...<div>
<br></div><div>--Jason<br><a href="http://www.advancedbudgetstudios.com" target="_blank">www.advancedbudgetstudios.com</a><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 11:07 AM, Joe Hartley <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jh@brainiac.com" target="_blank">jh@brainiac.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>On Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:52:07 +0200<br>
Ralf Mardorf <<a href="mailto:ralf.mardorf@alice-dsl.net" target="_blank">ralf.mardorf@alice-dsl.net</a>> wrote:<br>
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> PS: As Arnold mentioned, the other issue is, that you might be unable to<br>
> set up a machine, that is able to interpreted an outdated code, even if<br>
> all your backups are ok, you need to be able to read them!<br>
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</div>Along these lines, beware of using RAID controllers built into the<br>
motherboard unless you are absolutely certain you know how to rebuild<br>
the RAID on another system. I had a setup like that, and when the<br>
mobo died, I found that the disks were absolutely unreadable on another<br>
system with a newer controller from the same manufacturer.<br>
<br>
After that experience (and thank $deity for a separate USB drive<br>
for backups) I've always used the Linux software RAID tools. I've<br>
pulled off some tricky restorations when things have failed in that<br>
environment. I really don't want to get locked into proprietary<br>
hardware issues again!<br>
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