First raid setup advice

JeffyB · 23 Oct 2008 at 16:10

I have decided that I would like to give raid a go. Looking to buy 2 or 3 wd 250/320gb RE3's and run them in raid 0. I have read a few good articles on raid and think I will be fine getting it set up, i am however wondering what is the best stripe size for an array that is primarily used for the os and games. Thanks for any help and advice you give.

JeffyB · 23 Oct 2008 at 17:10

So far im thinking 3x250gb re3's and 32kb

JeffyB · 23 Oct 2008 at 17:26

Defragging daily with 4kb sounds a bit of a chore how often would a 32kb setup need to be defragged?

JeffyB · 23 Oct 2008 at 17:59

Ok thanks for your help i will post some results once i have the drives and set them up

JeffyB · 23 Oct 2008 at 20:10

Thanks i had already read that and the 3 articles or raid on tomshardware. Once i have it all set up im sure i'll be back for some more of your expertise,

JeffyB · 2 Nov 2008 at 01:35

Bought 3x250 re3's looking forward to an adventure, is 32k my best striping option for os and games?

I have both intel files ( 8.6.0.1007 10/23/2008 ) can anyone point me in the right direction for installation i have a floppy drive but its never seemed to want to work on my mobo can i use flash media?

Any help is greatly apreciated i have searched and would like some specific help, thanks all

JeffyB · 2 Nov 2008 at 11:05

Should have said, i'm on xp

JeffyB · 3 Nov 2008 at 00:31

Sure i can sort the floppy drive out, on another note looking in the maximus formula manual it only refers to 2 drives for raid 0 will i definately be able to use 3?

JeffyB · 3 Nov 2008 at 11:36

I'm a bit lost at the mo, i have the "32-bit Floppy Configuration Utility" but cannot for the life of me find F6flp32.exe that the read me says i need. Also i am not sure what to do with the "Intel Matrix Storage Manager" there are 2 files do i need both. If anyone could help wouold be appreciated i have searched but its not that clear to me and my drives are arriving tomorrow

JeffyB · 3 Nov 2008 at 15:10

I have considered raid 5 and like the idea of the added security, is it as fast as raid 0?

JeffyB · 3 Nov 2008 at 17:41

Hmm i think i will just go with the raid 0 and use my existing drives to backup photos, music etc

JeffyB · 3 Nov 2008 at 17:46

Is it worth running the os on a separate partition on the 3x250gb raid 0 array?

JeffyB · 4 Nov 2008 at 14:12

So it begins

JeffyB · 4 Nov 2008 at 16:36

Was easy in the end, really pleased so far will post benchmarks in the other thread, thanks to all that helped

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=12831578&postcount=867