Date:  Wed, 24 Oct 2007 22:26:48 +0100
From:  Dogsbody <dan (at mark) dogsbody.org>
Subject:  [coba-e:10954] Re: RAID modification for NuOnce BQ CD
To:  coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org
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> I'm planning on using a total of 4 SATA/IDE HDs and 1 CD/DVD.
> I prefer to utilize all the controllers on the motherboard.

As opposed to the controllers where?

> Is it possible to modify/create the NuOnce BQ CD to do
> RAID 5 for /home and RAID 1+0 for the remaining slices?
> (This is my preference, even 1+0 for swap.)

Theoretically yes but why on earth would you want to?

Remember as well that this is software RAID.  If you want a power solution such 
as RAID 5 and 1+0 your better off with a hardware controller, it'll be much 
faster too.

Dan