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<blockquote data-quote="AIstudio" data-source="post: 373906" data-attributes="member: 63135">aaahhhhhhhh I think I have it now. I really didn't realise that there were different sorts of raid controller.I know that there are different types of RAID ie 0,1,5 and so on. I realise now that these more expensive hardware controllers sort of have there own processor and memory on board. I take it ALL of these types of controller would allow me to put the media center to S3 or S4 and when it awakes the controller will take care of the drives etc.I just thought that the card I had would have been able to do that, but I can sort of understand why it can't now.SO I have to choose the best solution for this. Either software, such as disparity or FlexRAID, or hardware like this <a href="http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Adaptec-3405-4-port-SAS-SATA-RAID-controller" target="_blank">Adaptec</a>I suppose I have made the expected mistake of buying a card without the features needed. Lots more reading I think.Thanks very much for your help so far on this as it has opened my eyes to this area and I need to address this issue. A media center that can't go to sleep isn't very user friendly. As it stands right now I turn it off unless it is being used, although this ultimately means I have to wait for a full boot until I can watch TV or anything else. The option of being able to record anything during the sleeping hours is out of the equation due to not being able to put the media center to sleep.RegardsKev</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AIstudio, post: 373906, member: 63135"] aaahhhhhhhh I think I have it now. I really didn't realise that there were different sorts of raid controller. I know that there are different types of RAID ie 0,1,5 and so on. I realise now that these more expensive hardware controllers sort of have there own processor and memory on board. I take it ALL of these types of controller would allow me to put the media center to S3 or S4 and when it awakes the controller will take care of the drives etc. I just thought that the card I had would have been able to do that, but I can sort of understand why it can't now. SO I have to choose the best solution for this. Either software, such as disparity or FlexRAID, or hardware like this [URL="http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Adaptec-3405-4-port-SAS-SATA-RAID-controller"]Adaptec[/URL] I suppose I have made the expected mistake of buying a card without the features needed. Lots more reading I think. Thanks very much for your help so far on this as it has opened my eyes to this area and I need to address this issue. A media center that can't go to sleep isn't very user friendly. As it stands right now I turn it off unless it is being used, although this ultimately means I have to wait for a full boot until I can watch TV or anything else. The option of being able to record anything during the sleeping hours is out of the equation due to not being able to put the media center to sleep. Regards Kev [/QUOTE]

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