1st go at RAID

[BigglesPiP]

Hi there,

I'm thinking of moving to a RAID 0 setup.

Right now I have:

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
2Gb GeIL DDR2-800 (@667)
ATi RADEON X1900XT 512Mb
ASRock Conroe945G-DVI
250Gb Seagate Barracuda 7200.10

I'm thinking of getting a second Barracuda and an Adaptec AAR-1420SA SATA-II RAID Controller.

I've had a read through the instructions (http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/support/raid/sataii/AAR-1420SA/) and to the best of my abilities, I think there is a way of installing it, where it will take my current files from the current drive and set up RAID 0 from them.

So I won't need to reinstall windows (I'm quite practised at keeping an XP installation feeling fresh for years, and I hate starting from scratch).

Then I can just expand the partition on to the rest of the array and have half a terabyte.







I'm just after confirmation from an expert that I've read it right. And maybe some advice on not making a dogs dinner of it.

Also what would be the best stripe size to use?

Thanks in advance,
Bracken.

 

[BigglesPiP]

I guess nobody knows.

The migrate function seems to be rthe right way to go. Not sure about RAID drivers and windows but hey, I've recovered more screwwed up windows partitions that than in the past.

I'm gonna try it anyway, don't you dare run out of 250Gb Barracudas.



Edit:
I should have seen that coming:

 

[zetec452]

I have no experince in creating a RAID 0 array from one disk. However it does sound like a risky operation and I would recommend making a good backup of your system before hand.

Do you have an external drive you could ghost your drive onto?

 

[BigglesPiP]

I have no experince in creating a RAID 0 array from one disk. However it does sound like a risky operation and I would recommend making a good backup of your system before hand.

Do you have an external drive you could ghost your drive onto?

No backup drive avaliable, I just went for it and it turned out OK.

Now Reading at more than 80Mb/sec.