I've never used a raid system but my current Dell system
supports raid natively and I'm about to install a pair of
1TB hard drives and make them a Raid 0 system. There is
already a 250gig HD for the OS and system files.

My question has to do with defragging. Will the defrag
utility that comes with XP Pro work on a Raid 0 system or
will I need somethong more robust and if so, can someone
recommend a product?

In the past I've used Norton's SpeedDisk but again, not on a
Raid 0.

Thanks!

>I've never used a raid system but my current Dell system
>supports raid natively and I'm about to install a pair of
>1TB hard drives and make them a Raid 0 system. There is
>already a 250gig HD for the OS and system files.
>
>My question has to do with defragging. Will the defrag
>utility that comes with XP Pro work on a Raid 0 system or
>will I need somethong more robust and if so, can someone
>recommend a product?
>
>In the past I've used Norton's SpeedDisk but again, not on a
>Raid 0.
>
>Thanks!

Yup, it will work just fine. But since you're using a RAID array, you
might as well use something else to maintain the added performance
benefit of RAID. Go and grab JKDefrag, set up a monthly defrag
schedule using the included DOS version. Set it, forget it.

- Thee Chicago Wolf

> I've never used a raid system but my current Dell system
> supports raid natively and I'm about to install a pair of
> 1TB hard drives and make them a Raid 0 system. There is
> already a 250gig HD for the OS and system files.
>
> My question has to do with defragging. Will the defrag
> utility that comes with XP Pro work on a Raid 0 system or
> will I need somethong more robust and if so, can someone
> recommend a product?
>
> In the past I've used Norton's SpeedDisk but again, not on a
> Raid 0.

Wouldn't you get a better speed improvement if the OS was using the Raid setup?

scooterspal wrote:
> I've never used a raid system but my current Dell system
> supports raid natively and I'm about to install a pair of
> 1TB hard drives and make them a Raid 0 system. There is
> already a 250gig HD for the OS and system files.
>
> My question has to do with defragging. Will the defrag
> utility that comes with XP Pro work on a Raid 0 system or
> will I need somethong more robust and if so, can someone
> recommend a product?
>
> In the past I've used Norton's SpeedDisk but again, not on a
> Raid 0.

Don't know for sure, but, if your RAID 0 is implemented in hardware
(probably), then software - whether the OS or a defragger - has no knowledge
of the RAID system and could care less.

Further, for NTFS disks, defragging will not improve efficiency by any
undetectable amount. It's not that NTFS defrags on the fly, it's that a
defragged NTFS system and a heavily-fragmented one will produce virtually
identical results in access times and transfer rates.

So, then, any defragger should work if you've got a couple of hours to
waste.

Yes it will defrag just the same as a single HD. I would recommend O & O
Defrag, its not free but it is simply the best there is.
--
Computer/Software Expert

Charles Richmond
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/

"And In The End... The Love You Take, Is Equal To The Love You Make"


"scooterspal" wrote:

> I've never used a raid system but my current Dell system
> supports raid natively and I'm about to install a pair of
> 1TB hard drives and make them a Raid 0 system. There is
> already a 250gig HD for the OS and system files.
>
> My question has to do with defragging. Will the defrag
> utility that comes with XP Pro work on a Raid 0 system or
> will I need somethong more robust and if so, can someone
> recommend a product?
>
> In the past I've used Norton's SpeedDisk but again, not on a
> Raid 0.
>
> Thanks!
>