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B120i mirror for myself. &nbsp;The less I have to rely on the OS performing mirroring tasks, the better.
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B120i mirror for myself.  The less I have to rely on the OS performing mirroring tasks, the better.

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Hi dlethe,<br />
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It is exactly what I wanted to know. Unfortunately I have no Win8, but old Win 2008 server. <br />
If I use B120i controller, HP iLO will see the drives and will check their health. Vanilla SATA will not.<br />
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Performance is not as important as reliability..<br />
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Many thanks!<br />
<br />
<br />
Regards,<br />
Jarda
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Hi dlethe,

It is exactly what I wanted to know. Unfortunately I have no Win8, but old Win 2008 server.
If I use B120i controller, HP iLO will see the drives and will check their health. Vanilla SATA will not.

Performance is not as important as reliability..

Many thanks!


Regards,
Jarda

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Hi,<br />
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I have HP Proliant ML310e G8 server with B120i controller (no FBWC). <br />
HP 2TB 6G SATA 7.2k 3.5in NHP MDL HDD costs $550<br />
Western Digital RE4 2000GB 64MB cache costs $200<br />
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I'm going to buy 2x2TB WD RE4 drives and build mirror. I love HP's iLO and array configuration utility due to failure prevent notifications. <br />
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Do you prefer Windows server 2008 mirror, or B120i mirror? And why..<br />
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<br />
Regards,<br />
Jarda
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Hi,

I have HP Proliant ML310e G8 server with B120i controller (no FBWC). 
HP 2TB 6G SATA 7.2k 3.5in NHP MDL HDD costs $550
Western Digital RE4 2000GB 64MB cache costs $200

I'm going to buy 2x2TB WD RE4 drives and build mirror. I love HP's iLO and array configuration utility due to failure prevent notifications. 


Do you prefer Windows server 2008 mirror, or B120i mirror? And why..


Regards,
Jarda

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