965p-ds3 raid0 issues

Glass · 6 May 2007 at 22:01

Finally got xp installed on my raid 0 array however the array is showing the wrong size. I have 2 x 320GB disks, when i set up the array the size set itself to 640 automatically.

Windows is showing one drive at 640GB however i go into the raid bios and it says it is a raid0 array. Can someone help?

Glass · 7 May 2007 at 08:03

but i thought raid 0 used both disks and effectivley halfed the availalbe space on the array?

Glass · 7 May 2007 at 09:11

I'm confused!

I thought RAID0 was for preformace, data was split accorss both drives. So if I saved a file part of the file would be on both drives giving me access faster read/write times. If this is so then I thought the capacity of the sum of the drives halfs? :confused:

Glass · 7 May 2007 at 10:05

doh!

Thanks for the info, raid1 halfs the drives as it mirrors, I assumed this would happen with raid0 to.

Glass · 7 May 2007 at 14:54

I read the shoot out between a raptor and two drives in raid0 on tomshardware, the article appealed to me as I could get just a good preformace for cheaper. I'm aware of the issues of disks failing in raid0 however I've got a third disk which will act as a backup drives.

The system I've just built is a test bed for a friend who requires a video editing workstation. I hope to have all issues ironed out when it comes to buliding his.

Glass · 8 May 2007 at 11:05

If raid 5 were as fast as raid 0 I'd go with it. However I am looking for preformace at a good price. I'll have to take my chances with a raid 0 array and make sure I provide a backup solution.