Thread: RAID0 question
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Old 07-30-2007   #3 (permalink)
Sumer Yamaner


 
 

Re: RAID0 question

OK I know these technical details and I always use multiple backups of my
data. What I need is an increase in HDD performance. I think RAID0 is the
simplest way to do it.
I just want to know technical details on how to do it.
Thanks for the advice.

"Mick Murphy" <MickMurphy@discussions.microsoft.com>, iletisinde şunu yazdı,
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> RAID 0 is not worth the effort. You will see a slight improvemant in
> read/write speeds. All it does is stripe everything over 2 or more Disks.
> What that means is that you have part of a file on one drive and part of
> the
> same file on another. In case of one drive failing, you have lost the lot.
>
> RAID 1 is better, as it makes a mirror copy of everything that is one the
> first Disk. The complete file is written to the one place, and a copy made
> to
> the other drive.
>
>
> "Sumer Yamaner" wrote:
>
>> I am running Vista Home Premium with a single HDD. My motherboard
>> supports
>> RAID configurations. To use a RAID0 configuration I have to install Vista
>> again. Right? Is there a way to use the existing Vista setup without
>> reinstallation?
>> Another question is: Does Vista setup recognize my RAID0 setup during
>> installation if I make the necessarry adjustments in the motherboard
>> BIOS?
>> Do I need a third party driver before proceeding with Vista installation?
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Sumer Yamaner
>>
>>


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