Is RAID possible?

Hessian · 10 Jul 2007 at 00:19

I have one of this hard drives:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-046-WD&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=768

Just wondering, if I was to get another one, would I be able to use RAID with them? Was thinking about RAID 0? But Im a beginner so got no idea?

brendy · 10 Jul 2007 at 00:29

Raid would be fine as long as you have a sata raid controller. Id stick to mirroring myself and not bother trying to squeeze a little more performance out of it. dont forget even on mirrored setups you get faster read speeds than a single drive.

Hessian · 10 Jul 2007 at 00:36

Ok thank you, I was just wondering, as this one http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-104-WD&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=768
looks exactly the same except it mentions RAID.

brendy · 10 Jul 2007 at 00:53

You need to make sure the pc you are fitting these to actually have a raid controller onboard or else you will have to buy an add on card too. the drives on their own wont run in raid (unless you use windows to provide a flaky software raid). cheap SIL cards can still do the job if its only for normal use.

Hessian · 10 Jul 2007 at 00:58

Will I be able to mirror them as you mentioned without that RAID enabled? But doing this, having 2x250 will only give me 250 on a whole, is that right?

brendy · 10 Jul 2007 at 01:01

Hessian said:
Will I be able to mirror them as you mentioned without that RAID enabled? But doing this, having 2x250 will only give me 250 on a whole, is that right?

windows can run a software raid but if windows screws up it can bugger it up. Best bet is on a reasonable motherboard or add on card. 250 mirrored is still only 250 available yes. It is a trade off for reliability.

Hessian · 10 Jul 2007 at 01:03

Uh'huh ok thank you

Like I said I only have 1 at the moment, so I'm just thinking ahead.

Thanks for the info