Quick RAID 0 question

[Darkfalz]

If I RAID 0 two identical 120 GB hard disks, do I get 240 GB of storage or
120 GB?

 

[Ed Jay]

If I RAID 0 two identical 120 GB hard disks, do I get 240 GB of storage or
120 GB?

240

Ed Jay (remove M to respond)

 

[Philip Callan]

If I RAID 0 two identical 120 GB hard disks, do I get 240 GB of storage or
120 GB?

RAID 0 is interleaving, it will split the data to the two physical drives,
your 2 drives will show up as (1) 240GB or so.

RAID 1 would be redundancy, then your 2 physical drives, show up as (1)
120GB

 

[Darkfalz]

RAID 0 is interleaving, it will split the data to the two physical drives,
your 2 drives will show up as (1) 240GB or so.

RAID 1 would be redundancy, then your 2 physical drives, show up as (1)
120GB

Is this easy to set up? What if I already have data on one of the discs that
I can't temporarily store anywhere else?

 

[Ron]

Ah - the irony.

In answer to your most recent question...it's deliciously fitting that the
ideal response happens to be EXACTLY the response YOU posted, for the fellow
having BIOS trouble. But - unlike when you delivered it yesterday, I will
avoid the crudity of spelling it out:

"You're f***ed."

Ron

 

[Darkfalz]

Ah - the irony.

In answer to your most recent question...it's deliciously fitting that the
ideal response happens to be EXACTLY the response YOU posted, for the fellow
having BIOS trouble. But - unlike when you delivered it yesterday, I will
avoid the crudity of spelling it out:

"You're f***ed."

Actually I have a 20 GB HD which should just be enough, so I just un-****ed
myself.

Still, I think I'll just go with the standard master/slave IDE setup. I
don't need more than 50 mb/sec transfer rates.

 

[Gary]

240

Ed Jay (remove M to respond)

Is Raid 0 going to be much quicker than two separate drives?

 

[Darkfalz]

Is Raid 0 going to be much quicker than two separate drives?

That's the idea. Techincally it should be 2x as fast but real world
perforamance is more like 1.5.

 

[Barry Watzman]

You get a 240 gig drive that is approximately twice as fast as the
individual 120 gig drives, and somewhat less reliable (if either drive
fails (completely), you lose EVERYTHING).

 

[Barry Watzman]

It's easy to setup but you need to start with two blank drives (or
drives on which all existing data will be lost, anyway).

You can't start with a drive that has data on it to be retained.

 

[Darkfalz]

It's easy to setup but you need to start with two blank drives (or
drives on which all existing data will be lost, anyway).

You can't start with a drive that has data on it to be retained.

Gotcha. I think I'll just stick with a 2 HD setup, I don't really need
another 120 GB drive anyway, I'll just pick up an 80.