Hi everyone. I'm putting together a new computer (P5K-premium) and have some questions about hard-drives. Please note I have never used RAID so this is probably some basic stuff, I just can't find the info I'm looking for.
My current harddrive inventory is as follows:
hd1 - 74.3gb wd740gd-00fla1
hd2 - 500.1gb wd5000aaks-00tma0
hd3 - 200gb wd2000jd-22hbb0
Booted Vista off the Raptor on my old system. Now I'm thinking about *maybe* adding a second raptor and striping the two together. Here's my questions:
1. Is it worth it for the $200 CDN to add a second raptor running raid umm (insert here). Will it significantly impact performance?
2. Is it possible to do this *after* I've installed the O/S. I.e. install Vista on the single drive I already have, bench it, then add a second drive in a couple weeks if I feel the urge. Would I have to reinstall Vista?
Thanks and sorry about the newbishness!
My current harddrive inventory is as follows:
hd1 - 74.3gb wd740gd-00fla1
hd2 - 500.1gb wd5000aaks-00tma0
hd3 - 200gb wd2000jd-22hbb0
Booted Vista off the Raptor on my old system. Now I'm thinking about *maybe* adding a second raptor and striping the two together. Here's my questions:
1. Is it worth it for the $200 CDN to add a second raptor running raid umm (insert here). Will it significantly impact performance?
2. Is it possible to do this *after* I've installed the O/S. I.e. install Vista on the single drive I already have, bench it, then add a second drive in a couple weeks if I feel the urge. Would I have to reinstall Vista?
Thanks and sorry about the newbishness!