louponne - 1:25 pm on Aug 22, 2004 (gmt 0)

Many thanks for your reply - I have added Wikipedia to my toolbox!

No, it's not my supplier (Dell) that confused matters, it was I that had such a dismal understanding that I was confusing even the confusion!

Now, from your explanation, I understand better what Dell is proposing as choices: First, a choice of configuration, with such choices as:
- For SATA disks, non-Raid
- For SATA disks, Raid 0
- For SATA disks, Raid 1
- For SCSI disks, non-Raid
etc.

Then, for a first hd, and then a 2nd and 3rd, a choice of hard disk types, SATA or SCSI.

I assume that SATA is sufficient for my needs, and that I have no reason to go for RAID?