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GA-73PVM-S2H eSATA + RAID-1

GA-73PVM-S2H eSATA + RAID-1
« on: July 18, 2010, 04:44:38 pm »
I've been thinking of buying an external case that supports raid-1 for my HTPC. In doing some research I noticed the eSATA port only supports 1 drive for this motherboard. Do I need an external case that supports port multipliers or anything?

I am running Linux (Ubuntu)
I can not add any PCIe or PCI cards (all slots are full)

Thanks!

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Re: GA-73PVM-S2H eSATA + RAID-1
« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2010, 05:08:39 pm »
I would think that you will need a case that specifically supports RAID1 because as you say you only have one port.
« Last Edit: July 18, 2010, 05:21:30 pm by Dark Mantis »
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Re: GA-73PVM-S2H eSATA + RAID-1
« Reply #3 on: July 18, 2010, 05:25:56 pm »
They both look like they will do the business :) Obviously the cheaper one would do what you need but there would be no room for expansion later if you wanted to. You will have to make up your mind and decide what your longer term plans are.
Gigabyte X58A-UD7
i7 920
Dominators 1600 x6 12GB
6970 2GB
HX850
256GB SSD, Sam 1TB, WDB320GB
Blu-Ray
HAF 932

Gigabyte Z68X-UD5-B3
i7 3770K
Vengeance 1600 16GB
6950 2GB
HCP1200W
Revo Drive x2, 1.5TB WDB RAID0
16x DLRW
StrikeX S7
Full water cooling
3 x 27" Iiy