Originally Posted by
Yorkieshaman
With my HTPC build, I was planning on ripping all my DVDs to save some shelf space (probably as full disc images). Only thing is, the idea of then having the hard drive fail in a few years' time and having to re-rip them all made me think something like two 1.5TB drives in RAID 1 for safety would be a good idea. ta2, you say the RAID on AMD-based mobos is crap - would it be good enough for this? Or should I consider a separate RAID card? In theory I'd like the freedom to add another couple of drives later if I fill the first two. All thoughts appreciated. Ta!