Raid novice

speedyj · 30 Apr 2008 at 10:47

I have a Western Digital WD2500AAKS and would like to try a raid setup for both speed and redundancy. I assume that another WD250 is required and a 500GB drive also to enable me to do raid 0+1.

My mobo is the Asus P5K Premium wifi.

Any advice on known issues or what 500GB drive to use would be most appreciated.

Also is there any way I can do this without having to resort to a complete reinstall of Vista64.

speedyj · 30 Apr 2008 at 12:09

Thanks, perhaps I should have highlited novice

speedyj · 30 Apr 2008 at 12:13

Raid 1 sounds fine for me, the WD drives are pretty fast anyway and the mirroring will give me the protection I want

Will a fresh install be needed seeing as it is mirroring and not striping?

speedyj · 30 Apr 2008 at 12:52

Glad I asked

No seriously though, with storage so cheap it makes sense to add some redundancy to my system.

I need to do some proper research and understand the benefits of different raid types.