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t4h   10-15-2002 at 01:23:00 PM

I've heard such a thing as software RAID exists, but nothing more.

I'm aware of the fact that it doesn't provide any performance or security boost (like RAID 0 and 1 respectively). But I wonder, does it make your system as vulnerable as a RAID 0 system (system crash when one disk crashes, system crash when power is down, etc. etc.)?

Where can I find out more about sofware RAID solutions?

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lhgpoobaa   10-16-2002 at 04:15:53 AM
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Win2k can do software RAID. Although I advise against it. Anything that software RAID can do Hardware RAID can do it better and MUCH more securely.


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t4h   10-17-2002 at 07:54:03 PM
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Can you explain some of these "issues" that make dynamic disc worse than hardware raid?

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HammerBot   10-18-2002 at 07:50:59 AM
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Currently many disc recovery programs and other HD tools (e.g. partition magic) doesnt support dynamic disks. I think this alone is more than enough reason to forget everything about dynamic disks.

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lhgpoobaa   10-18-2002 at 11:26:16 AM
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Plus if you get buggy software at some stage you can kiss nite-nite to your RAID array.
Remember, it IS windows your dealing with. LOL

<b>Microsoft is good for you. MS has your best intrests at heart. MS products are easy to use, Reliable, Bug free and Secure. MS says so. What possible reason would they have to lie to you?</b>

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t4h   10-19-2002 at 05:01:31 PM
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Point taken. Guess I'll go get myself some of those nice RAID-controllers then... I just *love* IDE-cables :)

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lhgpoobaa   10-20-2002 at 01:23:30 PM
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If cables are such a big issue, get a bunch of rounded ones. much more orderly. :smile:

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