Quick RAID question

Lusankya · 09-30-02, 10:13 AM

With a raid array.. it can make multipule physical disks look like 1 correct?

one of my comps just died for some reason and I don't feel like poking around with it at the moment so I just yanked all the drives off it. if I put them in my rig with RAID can i combine them all to look like 1 or 2 drives instead of many?

basicly can I combine 3 physical HD's into 1 single drive letter using raid.. and would I use raid 1 or 2?

Anfallgel · 09-30-02, 03:02 PM

Yes you can. You would use RAID 0, RAID 1 is to basically have to mirror drives for redundancy, and there is no RAID 2. Hope this helps.

UnseenMenace · 09-30-02, 03:34 PM

are the drives the same spec, size etc ? as this can cause complications

Ottoman · 09-30-02, 11:25 PM

actually there is Raid 2 and a whole lot more... just not common...

and remember when u combine them u lose all your data on the drive previous...

ShadowFolder · 10-06-02, 09:55 PM

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Kill Control · 10-08-02, 08:52 PM

raid0 will stripe the data across however many drives you have, making them all look as one drive and distributing the data equally among all the physical drives. best for large file read/writes like 100M and more. it's best to use identical hardware, or the weakest/smallest drives specs/compatibility will be forced on all other drives in the array.. also, if one drive fails, you lose every other chunk of data on your array. so, basically all of it.

raid 1 is mirrored and usually the fastest, but you lose alot of space for the redundancy. or raid0+1, a mirror drive for the striped array. its my favorite

you could also use locigal volume managing where the os just appends one drive on the end of another, making them seem as one drive, but not striping the data, so a drive failure wouldn't effect all your data. hope this helps

09-30-02, 10:13 AM	Thread Starter #1
Lusankya Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Da Windy City / Chicago	Quick RAID question With a raid array.. it can make multipule physical disks look like 1 correct? one of my comps just died for some reason and I don't feel like poking around with it at the moment so I just yanked all the drives off it. if I put them in my rig with RAID can i combine them all to look like 1 or 2 drives instead of many? basicly can I combine 3 physical HD's into 1 single drive letter using raid.. and would I use raid 1 or 2? __________________ *Asus G1Sn-B1* 7/18/2008- ?? Intel Core 2 Duo Penryn T9300 2.5GHz 6MB 800FSB/4GB DDR2/nVidia GeForce 9500M GS 512MB/15.4” WSXGA+ 1680X1050 (Wet)/320GB/Blue-Ray Disk/DVD-RW Deceased:Sager NP9860 11/24/2004 - 7/9/2008.. R.I.P Intel 3.4GHZ P4 LGA775, 800FSB/3GB 533DDR2/256MB PCI-Express NVIDIA GeForce GO 6800/60GB/17" WSXGA+ 1680 X 1050/8X DL DVD-R
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09-30-02, 03:02 PM	#2
Anfallgel Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Connecticut	Yes you can. You would use RAID 0, RAID 1 is to basically have to mirror drives for redundancy, and there is no RAID 2. Hope this helps. __________________ "Size matters not" -Yoda My Rig -BIOSTAR T77XE4 -i5 3750k @ 4.5ghz -2x4gb Samsung PC3-12800 -1xMushkin Chronos Deluxe 240gb SSD -MSI N670 PE GTX 670 -Samsung P2770 27" LCD heat
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10-08-02, 08:52 PM	#6
Kill Control Registered Join Date: Sep 2002	raid0 will stripe the data across however many drives you have, making them all look as one drive and distributing the data equally among all the physical drives. best for large file read/writes like 100M and more. it's best to use identical hardware, or the weakest/smallest drives specs/compatibility will be forced on all other drives in the array.. also, if one drive fails, you lose every other chunk of data on your array. so, basically all of it. raid 1 is mirrored and usually the fastest, but you lose alot of space for the redundancy. or raid0+1, a mirror drive for the striped array. its my favorite you could also use locigal volume managing where the os just appends one drive on the end of another, making them seem as one drive, but not striping the data, so a drive failure wouldn't effect all your data. hope this helps
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