RAID1 over eSATA??
Currently running Windows 7 with all my documents, software etc off a 320GB HDD and have it setup as a RAID1 with a second 320GB HDD, this is fine and all if one HDD fails i can just replace the HDD and rebuild the RAID. I also have a 1.5TB HDD that i use to store all my Music, Videos etc. I was going to purchase another 1.5TB HDD and set it up as another RAID1, but these files i would not mind taking with me on a on the road so i want to make it external. I know i can get a USB External HDD and use software to mirror the drives but i want SATA speeds which brings me to eSATA.
I plan on buying a enclosure that has USB and eSATA slapping in a 1.5TB HDD and create a RAID1 using eSATA. So to the questions.
1.) Will it be hot swappable?
2.) Will i be able to take out the external HDD and use it on a say a TV to show pictures on a large TV via USB?
2b.) Will the RAID sync up?
3.) What if i add a new file to the external HDD? will the RAID get messed up?
3b.) What if i add a file to the drive that's in the PC and then plug in the external HDD? will the RAID get messed up?
Is this too much work? should i just buy a 1.5TB external USB drive a use software to create a backup(would prefer a mirror)?
I plan on buying a enclosure that has USB and eSATA slapping in a 1.5TB HDD and create a RAID1 using eSATA. So to the questions.
1.) Will it be hot swappable?
2.) Will i be able to take out the external HDD and use it on a say a TV to show pictures on a large TV via USB?
2b.) Will the RAID sync up?
3.) What if i add a new file to the external HDD? will the RAID get messed up?
3b.) What if i add a file to the drive that's in the PC and then plug in the external HDD? will the RAID get messed up?
Is this too much work? should i just buy a 1.5TB external USB drive a use software to create a backup(would prefer a mirror)?