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WIN 7 PRO or HOME
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External raids can be a pain if you try to cut corners and save money on cheap gear.. Usually only the more expensive ones work properly… Just get a raid card and do an internal raid. They seem to be less expensive and are reliable.
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Yes, I understand all that, but I use RAID 1 for my raw video footage storage. This gives me an instant backup, and it’s standard practice in both the Mac and Windows shops that I’ve used OWC drives on my Mac and Windows machines for some time now, with no problem. (knock on wood). OWC seems to do a good job of customer support on both Mac and Windows.
I then render to a none raid drive, and store my fast access needs on those drives as well. Seems to work for now.
This brings us back to the OP question, you need PRO to support external RAID arrays, or you need a BIOS level controller to get around it. But I agree with all of you, if you are setting up a new machine, it’s worth exploring its’ support of RAID on the motherboard. That gets you around the problem of needing PRO, until you need to setup external RAID.
Alf
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I am pretty sure win 7 home premium will support external raids.. You just have to buy something good and not go with junk…probably a good name brand pci-e raid controller card with cables and outboard case. All designed to be used together.
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[Dave Haynie] “Microsoft in the past was fairly draconic about the definition of “same computer”. These days, a little less so. “
Agreed. I guess it gets fuzzy when you are the OEM and you built the computer. If we look at the “intent” of their statement, it is saying that the OEM purchased a license for the OS and had the right to sell it to you along with a computer that they built. You do not have the right to install that same OS on “another computer” even if the first one died. You are expected to pay for another license with your new computer. In principal it is saying, you can’t order a new computer without an OS because you have one from the old computer, unless you have a retail license. If you fix or upgrade the old computer, then your OEM license is still valid.
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Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit has a 16 GB limit
Windows 7 Professional 64 bit has a 192 GB limit
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