You will need the following ingredients:
- Promise FastTrak 4310 SATA RAID controller with latest BIOS (2.8.1.0004) and drivers (2.6.1.318)
- four Hitachi HDS721010KLA330 1TB SATA drives
- 2TB of really important data
1. install the Promise controller in PCI slot
2. boot to OS and create RAID5 array on all 4 drives
3. start transferring files to the newly created array
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In February 2007 when Windows Vista was released I gave it a try and was as many many other users quite disappointed. The main complaint was the bloody hardware requirements, very slow performance and some of the new features being more restrictive than helpful. My computer was kept occupied all the time only by the operating system [...]

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