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tex shalter
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      30th Jan 2009
Is it possible to add a second disk and create a raid 0 without reinstalling
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      30th Jan 2009

"tex shalter" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Is it possible to add a second disk and create a raid 0 without
> reinstalling
> W2K


Yes. Note that creating an image of your installation would protect you
against a much greater range of mishaps than mirroring your disks. Disk
failures are rare these days.


 
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tex shalter
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      30th Jan 2009
Thanks Pegasus,

Well then, where do I start.
My asus P5b mainboard comes with a sata raid 0 or 1 controller, but not 10.



> > Is it possible to add a second disk and create a raid 0 without
> > reinstalling
> > W2K

>
> Yes. Note that creating an image of your installation would protect you
> against a much greater range of mishaps than mirroring your disks. Disk
> failures are rare these days.
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John John (MVP)
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      30th Jan 2009
What exactly are you wanting to accomplish?

RAID-0 is a striped disk array, the data is broken into blocks and the
blocks are written to different disks, this is *not* fault tolerant, if
one drive goes south you will lose all the data on both drives!

RAID-1 is a fault tolerant "mirror" setup, this has its use but it isn't
a replacement for a proper backup.

John

tex shalter wrote:

> Thanks Pegasus,
>
> Well then, where do I start.
> My asus P5b mainboard comes with a sata raid 0 or 1 controller, but not 10.
>
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>
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>>>Is it possible to add a second disk and create a raid 0 without
>>>reinstalling
>>>W2K

>>
>>Yes. Note that creating an image of your installation would protect you
>>against a much greater range of mishaps than mirroring your disks. Disk
>>failures are rare these days.
>>
>>

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tex shalter
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      30th Jan 2009
> What exactly are you wanting to accomplish?

Speed

Using a WD rated very reliable, and I back up pretty consistently.


 
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Dave Patrick
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      31st Jan 2009
How much RAM do you have? Your money probably would be better spent here.


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"tex shalter" wrote:
> Speed
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> Using a WD rated very reliable, and I back up pretty consistently.
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Bob I
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      2nd Feb 2009
The speed you think you will get may not materialize.
http://www.nextlevelhardware.com/storage/barracudaraid/

tex shalter wrote:

>>What exactly are you wanting to accomplish?

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> Speed
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> Using a WD rated very reliable, and I back up pretty consistently.
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tex shalter
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      2nd Feb 2009
not exactly twice the speed is it .


 
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Bob I
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      2nd Feb 2009
I tried it a few years back, it wasn't worth the trouble, not by a long
shot. (FWIW statistically you double the possibility of having to reload
due to a drive failure, if either drive stumbles, you are done.) been
there done that too, happened with one of the old IBM Deathstars.

tex shalter wrote:
> not exactly twice the speed is it .
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tex shalter
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      3rd Feb 2009
Got myself a late Xmas present:

WD 150 gig 10,000 rpm Velocirator
HIGHLY Recommended

Not quite a SCSI, but none of that noise either



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> I tried it a few years back, it wasn't worth the trouble, not by a long
> shot. (FWIW statistically you double the possibility of having to reload
> due to a drive failure, if either drive stumbles, you are done.) been
> there done that too, happened with one of the old IBM Deathstars.
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> tex shalter wrote:
> > not exactly twice the speed is it .
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