09-14-2011, 01:19 AM
olnacl wrote:
The current OS is Vista Home Premium which AFAIK, don't support software RAID. I'd prefer not to buy a new OS and go through the extra effort to replace the OS and reinstall the software and server files again. That's the main reason to go with a card for which I can hopefully install the needed drivers, etc on the current OS. If I'm incorrect about that, please let me know and point me to where I can find that information.
I did suggest the software RAID as an option but the director and her employees chose the card solution.
Get rid of that POS Vista and either get Windows 7 or downgrade to XP if the machine will run it. What do you mean by server files? I can't imagine if Vista home is working for them that the machine is doing any real server duty.
Also, to recommend a card we need to know what type of slot the PC has.