On Mon, 31 Jan 2011, Les Bell wrote: > > Kenni Lund <kenni at kelu.dk> wrote: > >>> > Fakeraid is a proprietary software RAID > solution, so if your motherboard suddently decides to die, how will > you then get access to your data? > << > > Obviously, you restore it from a backup. RAID is not a substitute for > backups. > > Best, > > --- Les Bell Hmm... What percentage of home users keep backups of their systems and data .. not enough me thinks? Go with Linux software raid it is very stable and as Kenni Lund states is more portable than the software raid found on many motherboard chipsets that aspire/claim to be hardware raid. Steve -- Dr Stephen Brooks http://www-solar.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/ Solar MHD Theory Group Tel :: 01334 463735 Fax :: 01334 463748 E-mail :: steveb at mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk --------------------------------------- Mathematical Institute North Haugh University of St. Andrews St Andrews, Fife KY16 9SS SCOTLAND ---------------------------------------