Paritioning SATA drives in RAID0 config

[Loopy]

I was wondering if it was possible to partition 2 Sata drives in a RAID0 (mirrord) setup, The config I was planning was 2 160gb Seagate drives (might be slightly different models) in a raid0 config and another drive for extra files.
I won't have the second drive on hand right away either.


One more question tucked in this post, am I a fool for buying another Seagate drive after one that I've had for about 4 months crashed?

[Stalemate]

Seagate's reputation is rather good, so having one fail after 4 months is, in my esperience, rather out of the ordinary,

RAID 0 (stripeset) is possible with 2 SATA drives (not partitions). Most RAID options with SATA at this time are 0, 1 and sometimes 0+1. Some of the newer boards offer RAID 5. As long as the size is pretty near identical, there should be no problem althought it's always better to have drives from the same builder (and same model even).

When you refer to adding another disk later, do you mean an IDE drive or do you have another SATA connector available?

BTW, should one of your disks fail while in RAID 0, all your data is lost. Backups are a must if you want to keep critical data on them... as I learned recently.

If data security is what you're after, then RAID 1 (mirroring) is what you should opt for.



Not having the 2nd drive for RAID 0 creation will hinder the process, as you'll either have to wait until you have both to install the operating system or re-install it from scratch when you do.

[confus-ed]

..RAID 0 (stripeset) is possible with 2 SATA drives (not partitions). .

I think that is possible, but just a bit 'dumb' ?, as generally then you couldn't use the second or subsequent partitions for anything ..

[Loopy]

Seagate's reputation is rather good, so having one fail after 4 months is, in my esperience, rather out of the ordinary,

RAID 0 (stripeset) is possible with 2 SATA drives (not partitions). Most RAID options with SATA at this time are 0, 1 and sometimes 0+1. Some of the newer boards offer RAID 5. As long as the size is pretty near identical, there should be no problem althought it's always better to have drives from the same builder (and same model even).

When you refer to adding another disk later, do you mean an IDE drive or do you have another SATA connector available?

BTW, should one of your disks fail while in RAID 0, all your data is lost. Backups are a must if you want to keep critical data on them... as I learned recently.

If data security is what you're after, then RAID 1 (mirroring) is what you should opt for.



Not having the 2nd drive for RAID 0 creation will hinder the process, as you'll either have to wait until you have both to install the operating system or re-install it from scratch when you do.

Miscommunication on my part, I meant RAID 1(Mirroring)
I want to mirror the first drive and I would like them to both be partitioned into about 3 or 4 different parts, plus I will add an extra drive that is not going to be part of the raid array.

ALL of the drives will be SATA drives and my motherboard, the Asus A8N-Sli premium has 8 Sata ports on it(4 controlled by the Nvidia chipset are the ones I'm going to use, plus there's four more controlled by the Silicon Imaging SATA chipset)

[Stalemate]

Miscommunication on my part, I meant RAID 1(Mirroring)
I want to mirror the first drive and I would like them to both be partitioned into about 3 or 4 different parts, plus I will add an extra drive that is not going to be part of the raid array.

ALL of the drives will be SATA drives and my motherboard, the Asus A8N-Sli premium has 8 Sata ports on it(4 controlled by the Nvidia chipset are the ones I'm going to use, plus there's four more controlled by the Silicon Imaging SATA chipset)

Sweet hardware.

Been looking at that board (and the *32 Deluxe version myself.

Personally, I would place the "random data" drives on a seperate controller than the RAID, but that's just me.

[Loopy]

Sweet hardware.

Been looking at that board (and the *32 Deluxe version myself.

Personally, I would place the "random data" drives on a seperate controller than the RAID, but that's just me.

What do you mean "random data drives"?

I think the only difference between mine and the 32 deluxe version is the fact that both PCI-E slots run at 16x when both filed with v-cards, whereas my two slots only run at 8 when *both* filled. With a single card it runs at 16x, I think this fact is mainly marketing because whether they run at 8x or not the work is split between both slots and the pci-ex slots aren't maxed out bandwith wise to begin with. All in all it did'nt matter for me I didn't need the added cost of two cards I just got one Evga7800GT.

[Stalemate]

What do you mean "random data drives"?

What you called "extra files".

I think the only difference between mine and the 32 deluxe version is the fact that both PCI-E slots run at 16x when both filed with v-cards, whereas my two slots only run at 8 when *both* filled. With a single card it runs at 16x, I think this fact is mainly marketing because whether they run at 8x or not the work is split between both slots and the pci-ex slots aren't maxed out bandwith wise to begin with. All in all it did'nt matter for me I didn't need the added cost of two cards I just got one Evga7800GT.

8-phase power too.

External SATA.

L33t factor (limited edition).

Hmm.

Shiny.





Just kidding with you.

My brother got the 32, but I would opt for the same board you did, just out of practicality... unless I had more dough to splurge, of course.

[Loopy]

What you called "extra files".






8-phase power too.

External SATA.

L33t factor (limited edition).

Hmm.

Shiny.





Just kidding with you.

My brother got the 32, but I would opt for the same board you did, just out of practicality... unless I had more dough to splurge, of course.

Good choice, What is 8 phase power?(perhaps more marketing)
The board I have has external SATA, you just use up one of your case slots to put in the part that comes with the board(look on newegg you might see a picture)