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My problem is that I'm not a Linux god.


Me too!

I have only had the chance to test the MegaRAID i4 once so far. What I did notice is that if you reboot it does start the rebuild right from the start again. ie if you were at 5% and need to reboot your machine for some reason, when it all comes back up the MegaRAID starts again from 0%, but I did find it started again automatically.

I'm really glad I hve given "hardware" RAID a try. I can now really see Mark's point, you do stand more of a chance of getting your data back with software RAID if you know what you are doing.

My problem is I don't know what I am doing, yet

The other problem with the MegaRAID i4 is that it keeps the disc spun up 100% I left the system on over the weekend while I was away from home, nobody as been using the NAS and the drives are a full temp. For this reason alone the i4 is going back on eBay. This can't be good for the type of drive I am using here!

Cheers

Cris.