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Old November 16th, 2002, 09:11 PM   Digg it!   #1 (permalink)
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Hardware Raid-0\XP-Dynamic Disk Raid-0 Combo?

My Eyes er bleedin_n_my heads a spinnin
Been readin Raid-0 threads n pages for weeks now

The more I read the more confusing it gets!

I have two new WD800JBs, two old Fireball Plus AS 40 gig drives,
and a 5th 20 gig Quantum drive...for...."Disk Management Console Tweaks."

A Gigabyte GA7vaxp mainboard with Onboard Promise, and an old FastTrak100 pci card.

1. Is the Promise card better then the onboard version?

2. Can I create a hardware Raid-0 array as my primary partion;
then go into Disk Management Console and create a 2ndary
Dynamic Disk Array with my old Fireballs?


Perhaps I should just keep my old Fireballs for Storage/Backup and buy another WD800jb (only 80 bucks) for a hardware controlled 3 drive array.........or single ata WD800jb with dynamic disk array.......?

Blah...........bla,bla.........blah, blah blah!
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Old November 16th, 2002, 09:31 PM     #2 (permalink)
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1. Probably, but not likely but enough to make a real difference.
2. Yes.

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So turn off my onboard bios and use the Fast Trak 100 card?

Have any of you guys tried the hardware\dynamic disk raid-0 combo idea.......?

If I try out the Hardware Raid/Dynamic Raid Combo, which would be the best drives for my C:\Partition?.......
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Old November 16th, 2002, 11:46 PM     #4 (permalink)
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I'm not familiar with the motherboard, but I honestly wouldn't suggest it, as long you're sticking to one disk per channel.

While I've just said that you can do it, I don't suggest creating dynamic disk sets over RAID 0s. You're just uping your chance of disaster by a whole lot. -- not to mention the complication and extra CPU cycles that'll go into this.

I'd suggest either putting everything together in JBOD, or just RAID 0ing a pair and letting the other two hang.
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