>>>>> You can turn on write back caching if you have a UPS as well >>>>> (provided your UPS is wired into your system for a graceful shutdown) >>>>> >>>> Hopefully you have a redundant PS unit. Having a UPS is not going to >>>> help if your PS fails. >>>> >>> >>> That's a very good point never thought of that. Acrtually this RAID >>> 1 setup I'm planning >>> is for my desktop machine, problem is is's not built like a server so >>> there is not the traditional slid in bay for a second PS as do many 1 >>> and 2u rack servers have. Unless there is some >>> specialty product available that somehow fits in to a tower case. >>> Could you reccomend a redundant PS for a desktop machine (if they >>> exist)? >>> >>> >> >> The whole system needs to be designed for dual supplies. You can't >> just plop down two power supplies in parallel without some circuitry >> that attempts to monitor & balance them out. >> >> >> I'm curious - why does your desktop needs so much redundancy ? >> >> > > Just for fun, the first hit on a google for "redundant atx power supply" > > http://www.directron.com/tc400r8.html > > > Seems you can just plop one into your std atx chassis . . . Hey thank's that's pretty cool, I'll check it out! _________________________________________________________________ Connect and share in new ways with Windows Live. http://www.windowslive.com/share.html?ocid=TXT_TAGHM_Wave2_sharelife_012008