Are dynamic disks faster?

It has nothing to do with access time. This has to do with how you can partition or make volumes across several physical disks. This usually involves using a motherboard with a RAID (redundant array of independant disks) controller.

en Xristos

You'll get the best performance by using striped volumes, but there are certain <A HREF="http://support.microsoft.com/search/preview.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;254105" target="_new">limitations</A>.

<A HREF="http://www.labmice.net/Windows2000/diskmgmt/dynamic_disk.htm" target="_new">Dynamic Disks in Windows 2000</A>

<A HREF="http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/proddocs/server/dm_dynamic_overview.asp" target="_new">Dynamic disks and volumes</A>

<A HREF="http://www.petri.co.il/basic_vs_dynamic_disks.htm" target="_new">What's the difference between Basic and Dynamic Disks in Windows XP/2000?</A>

<A HREF="http://www.windows-help.net/WindowsXP/howto-20.htm" target="_new">Basic Storage Versus Dynamic Storage in Windows XP</A>

I'd suggest that you have an excellent back up strategy in place before converting the disks and striping them. You should never rely on Windows for fault-tolerance.

Toey

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