Lanny Marcus spake the following on 8/30/2007 8:46 AM: > On 30 August 2007, "Alain Spineux" <aspineux at gmail.com> wrote: >> Message: 50 > <snip> >> RAID 1 is mirroring (data are stored on both diks), RAID 0 is striping (data >> are split between both disk). >> If one disk fail, You will loose your data in RAID 0, not in RAID 1. >> >> You can change this setting yourself later using the BIOS menu or the DELL >> CD. >> >> I recommend RAID 1 for safety >> >> Regards >> >> PS: RAID 1 don't dispense you to regularly check if both disk are healthy >> and how to replace a defect one without losing valuable data saved on the >> other. >> > Alain: Thank you. RAID 1 it is. Also, I will do burn in tests, on the RAM and > drives, before I begin configuring the box. And, learning how to remove/replace > a defective drive is something I should do. Lanny VMWare is a good way to experiment with things like that. -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!!