I've built large numbers of PC's but until now never had the chance to include a raid array.
The plan is to include 2 x Western Digital WD2500AAKS Caviar SE 250GB 7200RPM SATAII/300 16MB in a raid to boost performance.
Now I'm assuming this will require using Raid 1 so the disks are mirrored for improved performance from split seeking. Or would it be better to go for Raid 0 for maximum performance, or does Raid 1 actually give better read performance (most important as far as I'm concerned).
Am I right in thinking that to setup the array you just turn Raid 1 on via the BIOS and then go about installing the OS as normal, or is there more to it?
Any feedback and advice would be gratefully received.
The plan is to include 2 x Western Digital WD2500AAKS Caviar SE 250GB 7200RPM SATAII/300 16MB in a raid to boost performance.
Now I'm assuming this will require using Raid 1 so the disks are mirrored for improved performance from split seeking. Or would it be better to go for Raid 0 for maximum performance, or does Raid 1 actually give better read performance (most important as far as I'm concerned).
Am I right in thinking that to setup the array you just turn Raid 1 on via the BIOS and then go about installing the OS as normal, or is there more to it?
Any feedback and advice would be gratefully received.
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