RAID card questions
I'll be ordering one of the new MPs shortly to replace my 3 ghz quad. While I use the OSX software RAID on 3 external Sonnet Fusions, I've never attempted to RAID the internal drives. Ideally, I'd like RAID 5 on the 4 internal drives on the new machine, but that would necessitate a RAID card. There seems to be (and I may be wrong) two different RAID cards in the Apple store - one for the late 2009 MPs and an older one that has many complaints concerning battery problems.
I could stripe the four drives and have more capacity but I like the idea of the RAID 5 drive failure tolerance. I know there are other RAID cards available but I'd rather stay with the Apple card if it would work well as my knowledge/skill in these areas is scant and I don't want to get in over my head.
Are the newer cards that come with the early 2009 MPs reliable or am I just asking for trouble?
I could stripe the four drives and have more capacity but I like the idea of the RAID 5 drive failure tolerance. I know there are other RAID cards available but I'd rather stay with the Apple card if it would work well as my knowledge/skill in these areas is scant and I don't want to get in over my head.
Are the newer cards that come with the early 2009 MPs reliable or am I just asking for trouble?
MP 3ghz Quad iPhone MacBookPro (Late 2008) MacBookAir, Mac OS X (10.5.6), And a partridge in a pear tree!
