newbie to raid0

worthingsaxovtr · 28 Jan 2009 at 14:19

hi

gonna raid 0 on a new pc

am I right in thinking that windows will just see it as 1 drive c: for example

and when backing it up can I just use an external drive to copy to, I dont need to tell it which drive in the raid array to copy from

Admiral Huddy · 28 Jan 2009 at 14:23

The drives will be seen as one contiguous drive - correct. Once the RAID has been created, it can be formatted/partitioned like any other drive.

So 2x500GB drives in RAID - 0 will be seen as 1TB (or just under to be precise) which can be partitioned if you choose. Basically the data is stripped accross two disks intead of one. You don't have to worry about where the data goes or how it's split.. as you see it as one drive.

linktoinsanity · 28 Jan 2009 at 16:12

^^ What Huddy says. Be careful with RAID 0 though as if one drive fails you lose all data on both drives. It does increase the speed by quite a bit though, so from my experience it certainly got more life out of my two Seagate 7200.10 drives.

simbady · 28 Jan 2009 at 16:23

Yes Windows will just see one drive but when you install windows you need to load the driver. This can normally be found on you motherboards manufactors website. Good luck with RAID0 its great when you set it up

worthingsaxovtr · 28 Jan 2009 at 17:48

I intend to use an external usb hard drive as a backup, so if one drive fails it shouldnt make a difference fingers crossed.

Cheers guys

worthingsaxovtr · 28 Jan 2009 at 17:55

sorry one more question

the mobo has the following

6 x SATA 3Gb/s Intel® Matrix Storage Technology with RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 support

am I right in thinking Sata 2 is 3Gb/s

and that these hard drives will give me that

Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (ST3160813AS)

plus the mobo will have inbuilt raid support so wont need a card

alexx · 28 Jan 2009 at 18:07

you are right, but depending on your raid controller be it jmicron or intel depends on how good or crap your raid is... if its the ich10r one its good if its jmicron its pretty much not worth doing.

look at my post in this section to see my 7200.11 results somethings up!

worthingsaxovtr · 28 Jan 2009 at 21:47

cheers alex

been doing some reading and will not be touching the 7200.11 or samsung

wd for me I think

Vir · 29 Jan 2009 at 11:19

don't wanna take over this thread but what do you guys think is faster:

2 Raptors 74GB in Raid 0
or
4 WD1TB drives in Raid 10?

alexx · 29 Jan 2009 at 16:11

^ get 2 velocoraptors in raid 0 if you can afford £300 on it.

Jimbo Mahoney · 29 Jan 2009 at 19:06

Vir said:
don't wanna take over this thread but what do you guys think is faster:

2 Raptors 74GB in Raid 0
or
4 WD1TB drives in Raid 10?

Faster for what purpose / application?