Hardware RAID & OS X Server

[legacyb4]

Has anyone tried any of the hardware RAID PCI-based solutions out there yet?

I’m interested in finding out specifically what user impressions are of the Acard RAID card. It looks pretty straight forward and from what I saw in the manual, it looks like OS X sees it as a single hardware volume rather than a RAIDed volume which allows you to partition it up as you wish which cannot be done with software RAID.

Any comments?

Cheers.

[legacyb4]

Joel,

Thanks for the feedback. I will have to keep my eye open for any deals on an Acard.

In the meantime, I guess this RAID on FDD solution might have to be the way to go… 😯

MacTroll wrote:

I set up an Acard a little while ago. As far as I know it’s still working fine. Haven’t heard back from my buddy who’s using it.

If I remember correctly, you are correct that it just shows up as one volume to the machine. I believe that there is a software application that allows you to manage it as far as rebuilding it goes.

I did walk away from the install thinking that it was incredibly simple to set up and much easier then the Arco card. Plus cheaper too.

Joel

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