Intel-Matrix Raid

ndeller · 16 Dec 2007 at 00:36

Hi,

Can anybody please explain the Intel Maxtrix Raid setup to me?

What does it do? How does it work? Hardware required?

Thanks
Nick

fobose · 16 Dec 2007 at 00:41

Basically, it means you can have RAID 1 and RAID 0 on the same set of hard drives. So say you had 2x500GB drives, and you created a 250GB RAID 1 array, you could then create a 500GB RAID 0 array.

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ndeller · 16 Dec 2007 at 00:56

Okay so based on your sidenote i have now changed the signature.

How many drives do I need for Matrix Raid?

fobose · 16 Dec 2007 at 01:08

Your sig still looks the same. You need atleast 2 hard drives for intel matrix raid. A slight note, because the RAID 1 and RAID 0 arrays will be on the same hard drive, there will be a performance hit when reading/writing both RAID 1 and 0 at the same time (compared to a RAID 0 array).