Ok, sorry for the long post, but my RAID5 array which consists of 8x400gb sata hdd's went **** up.
I have a highpoint RAID card with 8 SATA ports, and setup the raid 5 array through the bios on the card. Problem is, now when I want to rebuild i, it will take about 2 weeks. (it did 6% in 24 hours)
I have since blown the raid array away and copied all data to various seperate hard drives.
I use vista ultimate 64 bit and the raid management software in windows doesnt seem to find the array, and now because I have destroyed the array it can see the drives but wont let me create a new array. I wanted to be able to use the management software so at least I can use my PC instead of it being stuck in the bios before bootup when creating again.
currently vista sees all 8 hdd's seperately, my question is:
Should I use vista to create the raid 5 array, or do it in the bios, is this the difference between hardware and software raid ?
I just think I can manage the array in vista which would be easier. Would this take up more system resource ?
help !
I have a highpoint RAID card with 8 SATA ports, and setup the raid 5 array through the bios on the card. Problem is, now when I want to rebuild i, it will take about 2 weeks. (it did 6% in 24 hours)
I have since blown the raid array away and copied all data to various seperate hard drives.
I use vista ultimate 64 bit and the raid management software in windows doesnt seem to find the array, and now because I have destroyed the array it can see the drives but wont let me create a new array. I wanted to be able to use the management software so at least I can use my PC instead of it being stuck in the bios before bootup when creating again.
currently vista sees all 8 hdd's seperately, my question is:
Should I use vista to create the raid 5 array, or do it in the bios, is this the difference between hardware and software raid ?
I just think I can manage the array in vista which would be easier. Would this take up more system resource ?
help !