to hardware raid because you can create a Raid 0 array for the OS and a Raid 5 for file server all on the same 5 drives. Also, you won't be able to go above 2TB total available space under 32bit windows and onboard raid. You would need 'carving' for anything...

you consider, setting up raid 0 with the new drives and use the free 500gb drive as ide and solely for backing up your important files. Hope this helps I totally agree with this if you are determined to go RAID. Set up the 2 alike drives in RAID0,...

that statistically speaking is more likely that one drive fails because I have 2 drivers? or the fact that I am using raid 0 adds error posibility to the formula? (what I mean is if the error is the same error of me having 2 hard drives non raid but taking...

stripe configuration. I was wondering if anyone knows how I can get the board to see the raid.. I tried going into the bios and setting it to "raid on" and that didn't help. Thanks. Did you create the array in the RAID BIOS? Since you changed the mobo, you...

which motherboard you have. And good RAID controllers are expensive. Mlcloud, are you recommending I just buy a single 1TB drive? I've never had a hard drive fail before. Is it really that likely? I know RAID would double the chance of failure but wouldn't...

The mobo failed and had to be replaced. That can be a big problem with any RAID array based on mobo built-in "controllers" because there is no real universal RAID standard. That means often a RAID array written in one system cannot be read by another. In choosing...

use RAID 1 on the data partitions. BTW every RAID 1 array I ever created allowed the a single drive to be accesssed by any system as a regular drive, and I never hear of a RAID 1 drive having problems when connected to a non-RAID controller. Still I...

drives. Here's how it works. 1. Put 1 HD in system. Install an OS, either one, XP or Vista. 2. Take out that HD (just to be safe actually unplug it from MOBO) put in the other HD. 3. Install the other OS to it. 4. Now put both drives in the PC...

a big drama (or any kind of a drama) when a hard drive fails. Your single drive solution is ok in so far as it goes, but that drive will fail (because all drives fail as I am reminded every day) and it when it does it will create pain. Even if I take an...

add the 300GB in for backup, wouldn't that be raid 5??? Thanks for the help in advance. no, RAID 5 can survive the death of any drive in the array. The way you have it is not equivalent - your backup drive is half the size of your RAID 0 array since each...