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<blockquote data-quote="erichzann" data-source="post: 994004" data-attributes="member: 116360">I also run mirrored back-ups and if you give up on the hardware raid idea and either use software raid or no raid at all then you can always add pci cards to add 4 or so extra sata ports at a time.&nbsp;Personally I choose not to go with raid due to concerns I have about rebuilding broken arrays and instead use mirroring with drive pooling. This approach also allows me to have my backup in a separate machine (the micro server) which reduces the number of ports needed in the one machine if the server and backup are combined.&nbsp;Also, I want backup so that if someone deletes something by accident I can restore it. Raid can't help with this. Raid will only help with failing disks.[DOUBLEPOST=1368652797][/DOUBLEPOST]Here is another post where myself and @<a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/members/porky996t.75318/" target="_blank">porky996t</a> went into some more detail about our specific server setups:&nbsp;<a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/cost-of-storage-and-the-like.118726/#post-990997" target="_blank">https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/cost-of-storage-and-the-like.118726/#post-990997</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="erichzann, post: 994004, member: 116360"] I also run mirrored back-ups and if you give up on the hardware raid idea and either use software raid or no raid at all then you can always add pci cards to add 4 or so extra sata ports at a time. Personally I choose not to go with raid due to concerns I have about rebuilding broken arrays and instead use mirroring with drive pooling. This approach also allows me to have my backup in a separate machine (the micro server) which reduces the number of ports needed in the one machine if the server and backup are combined. Also, I want backup so that if someone deletes something by accident I can restore it. Raid can't help with this. Raid will only help with failing disks.[DOUBLEPOST=1368652797][/DOUBLEPOST]Here is another post where myself and @[URL='https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/members/porky996t.75318/']porky996t[/URL] went into some more detail about our specific server setups: [url]https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/cost-of-storage-and-the-like.118726/#post-990997[/url] [/QUOTE]

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