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Re: RAID0 question
"Sumer Yamaner" <syamaner_DELETE_@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:uCbEZ4o0HHA.5772@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> 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, news:A599EE67-4B5B-4D8C-B250-B85DC01D2D27@microsoft.com...
>> 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
>>>
>>>
>
>
I prefer to install two internal drives and rely on plug in drives for
back-up/expansion. Raid is of mixed blessing.
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Ian
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