Infrant ReadyNAS NV+ problem-Setting up shares

[guiri]

Well, I have a pretty stout computer but I hate overhead so that's not a good option.

I was going to get a 3ware card and stick 1gig of memory on it though.

[vertices]

That's what's nice about RAID10. You can just use Intel onboard RAID with it. Using the onboard RAID sucks for any RAID type that involves parity calculations such as 5 or 6. RAID10 may lose 50% of the drives, but it's very reliable and very fast. And since it has no parity calculations, it's fast even with simple onboard controllers.

[guiri]

...and huge loss of drives but at least, these days they are cheap.

[vertices]

Exactly. You can get 4 1TB drives for under $400. That's less than the cost of a controller alone. So if you have onboard RAID, $400 gives you a super fast, super reliable 2TB array. That's really not bad at all.

[Colossus]

Agreed.

I tried onboard RAID for RAID5, and let me tell you... OMG did it blow chunks! Onboard is mainly for RAID 0,1 and 10.

The Infrant NV+ is a decent NAS box. It wont win any performance crowns, but its a decent box and now you can get an empty NV+ for under $500. I think I paid $600 for it over 2 years ago. Probably closer to 3.

[guiri]

Yeah, paid around 2 grand for mine with 500 gig drives but that was 2 years ago too and I think I got the external warranty with it which by the way blows as you don't get any SUPPORT with it. Just hardware warranty.

So, you're saying that if I want raid 10 I don't need a card?

I probably still will because I want more drives and the board ain't gonna hold'em all

[guiri]

Hey, how do I change my info from where it says Catfish to something else?

[MrDigital]

Keep posting.

[guiri]

Ah, ok. I have no problem with being a catfish but I look more like a fat guppy, that's why I wanted to change..