2x OCZ Vertex to be setup in RAID 0...help!

mantona

mantona

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For my new machine, I recently bought 2 of the following OCZ SSD's for a RAID 0 setup:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-014-OC&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=910

I have never done a RAID setup before and need help. I have read the various posts on the forum and do not yet fully understand the entire process.

Can someone please give me a step by step guide of what I am to do?

+ a few questions below:
1) What is disk alignment?
2) What size of stripe should I use? 128

I will be very happy to receive any help you can give to a newbie at this.
 
Thanks for the reply. I really appreciate it, but I am still terribly confused. I do not want to give up just yet though! I know that I need to align the drives but what does that really mean?

Do I need an operating system running already to install these drives?

I've just read my new motherboard instructions and the RAID setup does not seem terribly straightforward.

Great stuff by the way regarding the tweaks and image creation.

Please can someone give me a step by step before I end up just installing one drive. Thank you in advance for your help.
 
Thank you for your help so far...Am I correct to assume that from the above that with Vista 64bit then I should not need to allign?

Would really be very happy for someone to give me a step-by-step guide please. Looking forward to your guide 'FaceplantSi'

Thanks
 
Thank your for your excellent guide FaceplantSi. I am now a lot more confident in setting this up. Tomorrow is the night that I will start putting together the new machine. I will get back to you and tell you how I am getting on. (will probably be back on one of the forums looking for advice on my new setup as well)

Thank you once again.
 
Got rid of the stutter, was due to the mouse Logitech MX Revolution...I used a short 4" USB extension cable to eliminate all stutter. It's been a few days and no more stutter as yet.

I've been getting 385MB/s Average on my OCZ Raid setup though which is really good. Thanks to all especially 'FaceplantSi'
 
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