RAID0 solution for unraring/install additional raid hdds

[bertybenno]

Require some help on upgrading/adding more storage. currently have a 150gb raptor whitch is virtually full. have been reading these forums and the sammy f1 750gb looks very attractive,main use's will be gaming and unraring large files [3to7gb] question is do i just add f1 as second drive then unrar from raptor to f1 or buy 2 f1's in raid0 and sell the raptor and is it possible to install raid disks then use .Acronis True Image Home 11 to move os and all files to raided f1's from raptor., may even go for the 1tbf1's if ocuk have them in stock.

 

[rpstewart]

main use's will be gaming and unraring large files [3to7gb] question is do i just add f1 as second drive then unrar from raptor to f1 or buy 2 f1's in raid0

You'll get better performance unraring with the Raptor and an F1, while RAID0 will give high sustained reads or writes the performance drops off dramatically when you're reading and writing simultaneously (as it does with a single drive).

is it possible to install raid disks then use .Acronis True Image Home 11 to move os and all files to raided f1's from raptor.

It is possible but you need to have the drivers for the RAID controller installed before you take the image which is a tricky thing to do if you only have a single SATA controller on board. The drivers cannot be loaded with the controller in IDE emulation mode and the system won't boot if you set the controller to RAID mode without loading the drivers first.