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So, basically operating like several smaller arrays. Feel free to disregard all of my previous posts. I really had this wrong.
Perhaps I'm confused after all. I'm thinking of a dedicated parity drive as in unraid being mirrored. Which is of no help if two non parity drives fail.
I do understand the reduction in fault tolerance, but I still don't agree with the logic. Dual parity drives protect you from two random failures ( long shot) and only then if one of the drives happen to be the parity drive (longer shot). Two failures in the array loose data even with three parity drives. I'm not trying to pick a fight here. All things being equal, more protection is always better than less. I'm just saying that I wouldn't go with something less suitable...
I'm not suggesting it as an alternative. With prices like they are, people who can do 1:1 mirrors can probably hire a network administrator to do all the work as well. Protection from single drive failure is enough for me. All of these systems give you that, and all have their own advantages and disadvantages. I don't know which (if any) will allow you to easily mix PATA and SATA though. Personally I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the W8 storage spaces will work well.
Any one drive (including parity) can be rebuilt. I didn' mean to imply that those posting here don't understand the systems. It's simply my opinion that if protection from a single drive failure isn't enough for you, how is any of these systems enough? If you need more protection than that, you should be looking at back-up.
I think some people confuse protected arrays with data back up. These systems are meant to protect you from a single random drive failure. None of these truly offer great protection from multiple failures without mirroring. And honestly, if two drives fail at the same time, it was likely due to an event (power spike), not just old age. Unraid offers great protection against a single drive failure, and is relatively cheap and simple. If you're looking for Fort Knox...
Sounds like unraid fits your needs nicely.
Draper makes an affordable manual grey. You can find them at visual apex. Let me know how it works, as I'm in the same situation.
Dvdfab is a great all in one solution if you don't mind paying.
Has anyone played with Xbox live integration? I think this could be the real plus for HTPC if they do it correctly.
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