Setting up a RAID on a P4P800 - how hard is it?

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And is it worth it? Here's my situation. I just upgraded my machine to a P4 2.8c on a P4P800 mobo and 1GB PC3200 DDR.
Everything else is the same. One of my HD died and I needed more storage space anyway. Right now I'm looking at a total of
160gb, either in a 160gb drive or in 2 80gb drives in a RAID. I've never setup a RAID before although I hear the drives will
run faster this way. The P4P800 has the SATA connectors, so I would be buying SATA drives.

The delimma occurs here: The 160gb drive isat least $40 cheaper than buying 2 80gb drives. Is the extra speed gained by using
it as a RAID worth the price difference? Secondly, if it is difficult to set up, I may not even bother with a RAID. So I
guess my question is still the same, how hard is it to set up a RAID on this MOBO?

BTW, the drives im looking at are WD. Any probs with them? Pros / cons? I previously only had IBM/Hitachi drives, but thats
one of the drives that prematurley died, so I don't know if I will be going with them again.

Thanks..

 

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RAID arrays can be a pain to setup and maintain. I would get the single
160GB drive. And, yes, the WD is probably one of the most reliable
harddrives out there right now.

--
DaveW



"3in4" <husker3in4@donotspam.yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:kkjo70tehlhmai8popt2lenid29nd80mh2@4ax.com...
> And is it worth it? Here's my situation. I just upgraded my machine to a
P4 2.8c on a P4P800 mobo and 1GB PC3200 DDR.
> Everything else is the same. One of my HD died and I needed more storage
space anyway. Right now I'm looking at a total of
> 160gb, either in a 160gb drive or in 2 80gb drives in a RAID. I've never
setup a RAID before although I hear the drives will
> run faster this way. The P4P800 has the SATA connectors, so I would be
buying SATA drives.
>
> The delimma occurs here: The 160gb drive isat least $40 cheaper than
buying 2 80gb drives. Is the extra speed gained by using
> it as a RAID worth the price difference? Secondly, if it is difficult to
set up, I may not even bother with a RAID. So I
> guess my question is still the same, how hard is it to set up a RAID on
this MOBO?
>
> BTW, the drives im looking at are WD. Any probs with them? Pros / cons? I
previously only had IBM/Hitachi drives, but thats
> one of the drives that prematurley died, so I don't know if I will be
going with them again.
>
> Thanks..

 

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"3in4" <husker3in4@donotspam.yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:kkjo70tehlhmai8popt2lenid29nd80mh2@4ax.com...
> And is it worth it? Here's my situation. I just upgraded my machine to a
P4 2.8c on a P4P800 mobo and 1GB PC3200 DDR.
> Everything else is the same. One of my HD died and I needed more storage
space anyway. Right now I'm looking at a total of
> 160gb, either in a 160gb drive or in 2 80gb drives in a RAID. I've never
setup a RAID before although I hear the drives will
> run faster this way. The P4P800 has the SATA connectors, so I would be
buying SATA drives.
>
> The delimma occurs here: The 160gb drive isat least $40 cheaper than
buying 2 80gb drives. Is the extra speed gained by using
> it as a RAID worth the price difference? Secondly, if it is difficult to
set up, I may not even bother with a RAID. So I
> guess my question is still the same, how hard is it to set up a RAID on
this MOBO?

What do you use the system for? RAID 0 striping can boost performance
significantly for disk I/O intensive apps (such as digital video/audio
editing)
but not very much for games, etc. Also, should one drive in the array fail,
then you lose ALL data.


> BTW, the drives im looking at are WD. Any probs with them? Pros / cons? I
previously only had IBM/Hitachi drives, but thats
> one of the drives that prematurley died, so I don't know if I will be
going with them again.

We are a dealer and have good luck with WD drives.


---
Kevin Chalker, Owner KC COMPUTERS
E-mail: kc@kc-computers.com Web: www.kc-computers.com
Internet dealer for 13+ years!!! See WWW.RESELLERRATINGS.COM!!!

 

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Cool, thanks for the info. Now anyone know of a reliable dealer, who is competitivley priced (somewhere close to newegg) that
accepts paypal?

On Tue, 13 Apr 2004 23:43:12 GMT, "KC Computers" <kc@kc-computers.com> wrote:

>
>"3in4" <husker3in4@donotspam.yahoo.com> wrote in message
>news:kkjo70tehlhmai8popt2lenid29nd80mh2@4ax.com...
>> And is it worth it? Here's my situation. I just upgraded my machine to a
>P4 2.8c on a P4P800 mobo and 1GB PC3200 DDR.
>> Everything else is the same. One of my HD died and I needed more storage
>space anyway. Right now I'm looking at a total of
>> 160gb, either in a 160gb drive or in 2 80gb drives in a RAID. I've never
>setup a RAID before although I hear the drives will
>> run faster this way. The P4P800 has the SATA connectors, so I would be
>buying SATA drives.
>>
>> The delimma occurs here: The 160gb drive isat least $40 cheaper than
>buying 2 80gb drives. Is the extra speed gained by using
>> it as a RAID worth the price difference? Secondly, if it is difficult to
>set up, I may not even bother with a RAID. So I
>> guess my question is still the same, how hard is it to set up a RAID on
>this MOBO?
>
>What do you use the system for? RAID 0 striping can boost performance
>significantly for disk I/O intensive apps (such as digital video/audio
>editing)
>but not very much for games, etc. Also, should one drive in the array fail,
>then you lose ALL data.
>
>
>> BTW, the drives im looking at are WD. Any probs with them? Pros / cons? I
>previously only had IBM/Hitachi drives, but thats
>> one of the drives that prematurley died, so I don't know if I will be
>going with them again.
>
>We are a dealer and have good luck with WD drives.
>
>
>---
>Kevin Chalker, Owner KC COMPUTERS
>E-mail: kc@kc-computers.com Web: www.kc-computers.com
>Internet dealer for 13+ years!!! See WWW.RESELLERRATINGS.COM!!!
>