09-13-2011, 06:00 PM
Why not a software RAID? The cheap cards are basically just that - they pass off the RAID functions to the CPU.
I don't understand your "simply reboot into the mirror" comment. In a RAID 1, if one drive dies typically the machine stays up on the second drive, but goes into a mode where you can't write to the drive until you replace the second one.
I don't understand your "simply reboot into the mirror" comment. In a RAID 1, if one drive dies typically the machine stays up on the second drive, but goes into a mode where you can't write to the drive until you replace the second one.