Goin to setup a RAID

[murdoK]

i have a system that i am upgrading to a HT chip adn gigabyte mobo w/ raid. i have 2 seagate 80 gig drives and i was wondering hwo to setup the RAID 0. will i have to reformat both drives? will i still be able to setup partions like i have now (30, 30, 20, 80)?

 

[Crashman]

Yes, you'll have to reformat. Once you have your RAID array set up, you can treat the whole array as a single disk when you use partitioning software such as FDISK.

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[voidedwarrenty]

If you don't need 160gig of raw space I suggest using one 80gig on RAID0 and the other on RAID1. RAID1 is mirroring, it mirrors the contents (actively) of the HDD on RAID0. I am going to setup RAID 0 and 1, for data security, Its not for everyone, but I sure like the sound of it!

 

[murdoK]

yeah i need that 160 gigs... its goin to be a pain backing up that stuff... i might jsut buy a 120 gig or so and use it.. then return it.. but thanks for the input guys

 

[Crashman]

In order to have a RAID0 and a RAID 1 cluster you would need 4 drives!

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[sjonnie]

Seagate drives suck at RAID0 btw.

 

[vegandago]

crashman, couldn't you do raid 0+1 if you formatted each drive into two 40gig partitions???

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[Crashman]

Maybe in software RAID but not through your typical controller.

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[murdoK]

sjonnie... waht u mean seagate drives suck at raid?

 

[sjonnie]

Oh man, it has been known for a while that the Seagate Barracuda IVs weren't necessarily the best performers in RAID0. I found this <A HREF="http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=80" target="_new">link</A> with a cool explanation from Seagate Product Support as to why their drives might have poor performance in RAID0. I don't know about the Barracuda Vs though...

 

[murdoK]

well that puts a dent in my system... but oh well.. at least they still perform very well for me...