Partitions + RAID - viable?

LionOfJudah

LionOfJudah

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Was wondering is it viable to create say 3 partitions:
1) windows OS
2)programs installation
3) data storage

Also if I mirror this on another drive would the other drive show as 3 drives/partitions also or as 1 big mirror image?
What are the pros/cons of having such a set-up if viable?
thanks
 
If my mirror you mean RAID1 then you only see one copy of the data. The RAID array exists at the hardware level, the OS simply sees it as a single drive which can be partitioned in the same way as a single physical drive.
 
Yeah I mean RAID1
I have 2 1TB drives and was thinking of partitioning 1 into 3 parts as described above and then letting the 2nd drive mirror all 3 partitions of the 1st drive. Will this work?
 
LionOfJudah said:
Yeah I mean RAID1
I have 2 1TB drives and was thinking of partitioning 1 into 3 parts as described above and then letting the 2nd drive mirror all 3 partitions of the 1st drive. Will this work?
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You just set the 2 drives up as a RAID 1 mirrored array and the OS then treats it them as one drive.

You then partition as you would a single disk and the data is automatically mirrored onto both disks.
 
LionOfJudah said:
Yeah I mean RAID1
I have 2 1TB drives and was thinking of partitioning 1 into 3 parts as described above and then letting the 2nd drive mirror all 3 partitions of the 1st drive. Will this work?
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To set up a RAID 1 array the drives need to be empty to start with as far as I know. You set up the RAID so that the OS sees the drives as one drive, then you set the partitions.

If you are doing this for security it would be easier just to set automatic backups to the spare drive in my opinion.
 
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