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December 6th, 2002, 01:46 PM
#1
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raid array setup
I have a KG7 raid board from abit. I have a couple of identical 20GB drives laying around and have decided to toss them in and set up a 40GB stripe for video files and maybe applications. nothing crucial. I plan to still keep XP on the WD 40GB single drive.
the question is if I'm not going to have an OS on that array and it's not bootable, do I need to do anything with XP. If I set up the array in the raid bios, I should be able to boot right to XP as normal then format and partition it with disk management console right?
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December 6th, 2002, 01:58 PM
#2
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Hardware RAID is the best way to go. Once it is configured, Windows only sees it as a single drive, so yes, you could just format it in disk admin like normal.
Just how many disks make up a couple? If only two, I don't see how you are going to get 40 GIG out of a striped set...
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December 6th, 2002, 02:19 PM
#3
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Originally posted by Ya_know
Hardware RAID is the best way to go. Once it is configured, Windows only sees it as a single drive, so yes, you could just format it in disk admin like normal.
Just how many disks make up a couple? If only two, I don't see how you are going to get 40 GIG out of a striped set...
raid 0 striping
Hard Disk Requirements: Minimum of two hard disks (some may support one drive, the point of which escapes me); maximum set by controller. Any type may be used, but they should be of identical type and size for best performance and to eliminate "waste".
Array Capacity: (Size of Smallest Drive * Number of Drives).
is this misinformation. raid 0 doubles the smallest drive in the array and splits the reads and writes up. so 2 20Gb drives = 40GB. Isn't this correct or have I been mislead all along.
Last edited by kato2274; December 6th, 2002 at 02:43 PM.
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December 6th, 2002, 02:21 PM
#4
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just for the record 20gb + 20GB = 40GB. it is RAID-0, there is no parity, so you don't lose any of the space. teh onbaord raid controllers on the abit boards support Raid 0(stripe set), Raid 1(mirror), and Raid 0+1(mirrored stipe set)
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December 6th, 2002, 02:25 PM
#5
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Originally posted by delmer_1
just for the record 20gb + 20GB = 40GB. it is RAID-0, there is no parity, so you don't lose any of the space. teh onbaord raid controllers on the abit boards support Raid 0(stripe set), Raid 1(mirror), and Raid 0+1(mirrored stipe set)
I didn't think I was loosing my mind! but then when ya know questioned it, I started to doubt myself and had to double check
he's probably coming at it from an enterprise / server enviroment where RAID 0 would never be implemented and RAID 5 rules the roost.
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December 6th, 2002, 02:32 PM
#6
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My_bad
Woops. I have heard of the stripe, but didn't use it before. I forgot that RAID can be used for performance only, thus no space used for parity. Sorry to have confused_ya/me.
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December 6th, 2002, 03:43 PM
#7
Anime God
Just don't get your hope up for faster gaming. Raid 0 speeds up the write times NOT the read. So for Video it is great.
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December 6th, 2002, 04:03 PM
#8
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December 6th, 2002, 04:10 PM
#9
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Not bad in terms of space. I only have 2 WD Drivezilla's (200GIG) at my disposel. I have already 193 Gigs full.
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December 6th, 2002, 05:01 PM
#10
Registered User
Originally posted by GokuSS2
Not bad in terms of space. I only have 2 WD Drivezilla's (200GIG) at my disposel. I have already 193 Gigs full.
Wow! That's a lot of porn!
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December 6th, 2002, 06:08 PM
#11
Anime God
Actually I am an aspiring AMV artist.
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December 6th, 2002, 06:57 PM
#12
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December 6th, 2002, 10:27 PM
#13
Anime God
Anime Music Videos (AMV)
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October 25th, 2005, 04:07 PM
#14
Cartoon Porn even better
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October 25th, 2005, 06:29 PM
#15
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The return of the dead thread! Oh MY!!
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