raid question

Aidenswarrior · 07-12-05, 07:28 AM

i know you are suppose to have 2 of the same hard drive for raid 0. I have a 200gb maxtor sata hard drive with 16mb cache and was wondering if it would be possible to use a 200gb sata maxtor with 8mb cache in raid 0 with that hdd? Or could someone lead me to a site that still sells the 16mb cache sata 200gb maxtor hdds...?

Aidenswarrior · 07-12-05, 07:30 AM

btw this is what i have

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...tCode=100713-3

edwardaune · 07-12-05, 08:19 AM

They have to be identical or you risk corruption. When I set up my first raid I had to drives that had the same capacity and cache, the only difference was the seek times were off just a bit. I could set it up and what not but the performance sucked and I was getting errors left and right. So in others words, that have to be exactly the the same.

Xaotic · 07-12-05, 08:57 AM

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They have to be identical or you risk corruption. When I set up my first raid I had to drives that had the same capacity and cache, the only difference was the seek times were off just a bit. I could set it up and what not but the performance sucked and I was getting errors left and right. So in others words, that have to be exactly the the same.

I'd have to disagree. It will work with dissimilar drives, but the performance is not optimized. I've used many different mixed drive configurations. Just curious, which disks and controller were they and did you have any other issues running after the array was broken? Corruption, I've seen more in controllers and PCI lock problems.

edwardaune · 07-12-05, 09:02 AM

^^In a JBOD array or in an actual RAID 0.^^ I was and still am using the on board RAID controllers on my abit and the same when I had my GIG GA-7N400 Pro 2. I had nothing but problems when I used different drives and since changing to the same drives clean as a whistle.

edwardaune · 07-12-05, 09:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Aidenswarrior

btw this is what i have

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...tCode=100713-3

BTW, that was a good price for that drive.

edwardaune · 07-12-05, 09:28 AM

http://www.buy.com/retail/Product.as...mp&dcaid=17260

This was the only one that I found but I didnt search that hard. Im not sure if it the exact same model because you didnt mention it. All I did was a google, Im sure there's more out there.

Xaotic · 07-12-05, 01:31 PM

Interesting, I'd never seen compatibility issues with that chipset, perhaps there were stability problems with earlier BIOS levels.

And yes, that's an excellent price on the drive.

Aidenswarrior · 07-13-05, 05:06 PM

woohoo, it is back in stock for $97 bucks... i pad $130 for my other one. Raid 0 here i come!

edwardaune · 07-13-05, 10:35 PM

Let us know if you have anu more questions, awesome deal.

07-12-05, 07:28 AM	Thread Starter #1
Aidenswarrior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Columbus, Ohio	raid question i know you are suppose to have 2 of the same hard drive for raid 0. I have a 200gb maxtor sata hard drive with 16mb cache and was wondering if it would be possible to use a 200gb sata maxtor with 8mb cache in raid 0 with that hdd? Or could someone lead me to a site that still sells the 16mb cache sata 200gb maxtor hdds...?
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07-12-05, 07:30 AM	Thread Starter #2
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07-12-05, 08:19 AM	#3
edwardaune Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Texas	They have to be identical or you risk corruption. When I set up my first raid I had to drives that had the same capacity and cache, the only difference was the seek times were off just a bit. I could set it up and what not but the performance sucked and I was getting errors left and right. So in others words, that have to be exactly the the same. __________________ UNDER 64 BIT CONSTRUCTION, so far: Tsunami Dream (Black) DFI Ultra D (SLI Mod) Thermalright XP-90C (Lapped) Plextor 716SA/SW DVD Dual Laye Burner FOLDING for TEAM32
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07-12-05, 09:02 AM	#5
edwardaune Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Texas	^^In a JBOD array or in an actual RAID 0.^^ I was and still am using the on board RAID controllers on my abit and the same when I had my GIG GA-7N400 Pro 2. I had nothing but problems when I used different drives and since changing to the same drives clean as a whistle. __________________ UNDER 64 BIT CONSTRUCTION, so far: Tsunami Dream (Black) DFI Ultra D (SLI Mod) Thermalright XP-90C (Lapped) Plextor 716SA/SW DVD Dual Laye Burner FOLDING for TEAM32
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edwardaune Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Texas	http://www.buy.com/retail/Product.as...mp&dcaid=17260 This was the only one that I found but I didnt search that hard. Im not sure if it the exact same model because you didnt mention it. All I did was a google, Im sure there's more out there. __________________ UNDER 64 BIT CONSTRUCTION, so far: Tsunami Dream (Black) DFI Ultra D (SLI Mod) Thermalright XP-90C (Lapped) Plextor 716SA/SW DVD Dual Laye Burner FOLDING for TEAM32
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07-12-05, 01:31 PM	#8
Xaotic Very kind Senior Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Greensboro NC	Interesting, I'd never seen compatibility issues with that chipset, perhaps there were stability problems with earlier BIOS levels. And yes, that's an excellent price on the drive.
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07-13-05, 05:06 PM	Thread Starter #9
Aidenswarrior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Columbus, Ohio	woohoo, it is back in stock for $97 bucks... i pad $130 for my other one. Raid 0 here i come!
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07-13-05, 10:35 PM	#10
edwardaune Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Texas	Let us know if you have anu more questions, awesome deal. __________________ UNDER 64 BIT CONSTRUCTION, so far: Tsunami Dream (Black) DFI Ultra D (SLI Mod) Thermalright XP-90C (Lapped) Plextor 716SA/SW DVD Dual Laye Burner FOLDING for TEAM32
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