extra storage on top of my Raid 0

lunarwolf · 6 Apr 2009 at 11:20

Hi all

I have 2x150gb raptors in Raid 0 with OS installed on comp. I have a 320gb WD Passport for backup (in safe place and only plug in USB once in a while to add necessary files I want backups for).

However I would like to add a 3.5" 1.5TB WD green or equivalent on my PC as extra storage of audio/video. Is it possible to just add this to my comp without screwing up my current Raid 0? or am I stuck using external USB hard drives if i want to keep my Raid 0?

thx

rpstewart · 6 Apr 2009 at 11:44

No, you can run extra drives in addition to the RAID array off the same controller without any problems. The additional disk will just appear as a "Non RAID Volume" on the Intel RAID BIOS splash screen, you then just deal with it in the normal way once inside Windows.

lunarwolf · 6 Apr 2009 at 11:45

sweet - great news -

FaceplantSi · 6 Apr 2009 at 12:03

I have a SSD RAID 0 boot array and a Samsung F1 (2 x 1Tb) RAID 1 Data Storage array all running off an ICH10R onboard controller - works fine, and gives the added benefit of mirroring to all my data (I even keep my Acronis drive images on the RAID 1 array) Or as has been said you can just leave extra drives as single drives.