Then there's the cost of a RAID controller. Because using software (ie. Windows) isn't as reliable, you will need to buy a dedicated RAID controller and the more expensive ones (less likely to ...

A controller card that supports one or more RAID configurations. Originally only for SCSI drives, RAID controllers became very popular for PATA, SATA and NvMe drives. See RAID. THIS DEFINITION IS ...

While it’s valuable, you don’t need to invest in an expensive RAID controller for your home lab. Whether you use Windows, Linux, or Mac, they all include built-in software RAID functionality.

The Design of a PowerPC system-on-a-chip processor which integrates high speed state of the art 800 MHz PowerPC IP, DDRII-667 memory controller, RAID assist logic, and three PCI-X DDR266 interfaces ...

After a failed drive is replaced, the RAID controller rebuilds the lost data from the other two drives. RAID systems often have a "hot" spare drive ready and waiting to replace a drive that fails.