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Is there any way to set up a software RAID..? Please help.
Hi, I think I may be asking the impossible but I wanted to double check before I try swapping my hardware etc as I've spent a lot of wasted time messing about trying to set it all up. Is there a wa...
I know there is USB enclosures out there that do true hardware raid inside.
I.E. you put in 2-4 drives in the box, flip a couple of dip switches (or run a software app on a laptop to set it up). After that, you plug it into any computer and it shows up as a single USB hard disk without requiring any drives/setup.
It's tricky a bit to make sure they are truly hardware, because a lot of them require you to install software on windows which then does pretend software raid but they are out there. Sadly, they start around $200 (plus drives) and rise pretty quickly from there and you could find a ReadyNAS duo on sale for ~$200.
I.E. you put in 2-4 drives in the box, flip a couple of dip switches (or run a software app on a laptop to set it up). After that, you plug it into any computer and it shows up as a single USB hard disk without requiring any drives/setup.
It's tricky a bit to make sure they are truly hardware, because a lot of them require you to install software on windows which then does pretend software raid but they are out there. Sadly, they start around $200 (plus drives) and rise pretty quickly from there and you could find a ReadyNAS duo on sale for ~$200.
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