how can I do RAID 1 on my Dell Dimension 4600?

[Kaido]

I want to use a couple of SATA drives, if possible. It's a Dell Dimension 4600. I don't believe it has built-in RAID...I'd need to get a RAID card, right? Anyone know much about this?

 

[Gamingphreek]

You would need to get a PCI- SATA RAID card.

Depends on what kind of RAID you are looking at. Ballpark ~70 for SATA RAID.

-Kevin

 

[Kaido]

looking for RAID 1, two SATA drives.

 

[heartsurgeon]

the 4600 should support two sata drive off the motherboard (mine does), and you can always run a software raid if your operating system supports it. other options include buying a sata raid card, or getting an external sata drive enclosure with multiple bays and built in raid.

software raid

 

[Viper96720]

Get a promise sata raid card

 

[DGath]

Originally posted by: Viper96720
Get a promise sata raid card

I'll preface this by saying I know nothing about raid cards, this is just repeating what I've heard. But I saw on the MythTV mailing list the past couple days (pretty knowledgable people) there was a discussion about Raid5 cards (assume the same for Raid 1,0) and they were saying Promise cards are cheap quality and avoid them and to go with 3Ware.

Maybe right, maybe wrong, I have no idea, but it might be something to look into. IMO, if I was setting up raid, it is for a specific reason, either performance or security, and to save money and not get the most stable card out there nullifies the whole point of raid.