On Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:18:39 +0400, Yahya Mohammad wrote:

> I'm setting up a new desktop machine with RAID 0. The motherboard I
> bought supports the so-called "Fake" RAID, which offloads most of the
> processing to the system CPU. What are the pros and cons of using this
> as opposed to  pure software RAID?

The advantage of FakeRAID is that you get to depend on a Windows-only
driver that only works with your motherboard and will prevent the RAID
working if the motherboard files and you try to connect the drives to a
different system. For some reason,this gives Windows users a warm, fuzzy
feeling.


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Neil Bothwick

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