Raid 5 HD with Vista 64?

[BENAGLIA]

Evening to all
I have in mind of assembling a new high performance Pc with Raid 5 disk's and Vista Business 64 bit operating system.
My pc now has Vista Business 64 and Raid 0 disk's and I am fully satisfied but need to set up a second working stationa and would like to know if anyone has tried Vista 64 with Raid 5 HD.
Any news would be great

AndyB

 

[cvp]

Evening to all
I have in mind of assembling a new high performance Pc with Raid 5
disk's and Vista Business 64 bit operating system.
My pc now has Vista Business 64 and Raid 0 disk's and I am fully
satisfied but need to set up a second working stationa and would like to
know if anyone has tried Vista 64 with Raid 5 HD.
Any news would be great

AndyB

Sure from day one. The only thing you need to ensure is that there are
64 bit Vista drivers available for whichever card/onboard Raid you choose.

 

[BENAGLIA]

No great hassles with drivers and software, all my software and hardware is
compatible and will probably have an Asus P5W DH Deluxe motherboard. I have
been using Raid 0 for quite a few years and fully use their potential but
was told Raid 5 was more secure and better for heavy workloads. Any hassles
encountered on your side with Raid 5 : Vista system?

Thanks AndyB

 

[cvp]

No great hassles with drivers and software, all my software and hardware
is compatible and will probably have an Asus P5W DH Deluxe motherboard.
I have been using Raid 0 for quite a few years and fully use their
potential but was told Raid 5 was more secure and better for heavy
workloads. Any hassles encountered on your side with Raid 5 : Vista system?

Thanks AndyB

No problems at all. In fact, the availability of more than 2TB "drives"
was a major reason for my moving to Vista.

 

[BENAGLIA]

Thanks, will start doing my usul homework for the system and see how Vista
64 operates. Will be of great help having enough HD space for my work.
Thanks again
Andyb

 

[Guest]

Make sure you get RAID-ready drives, like enterprise class drives. If it
doesn't say RAID, it isn't ready. Why?

Because RAID drives need tight control of timing windows, and may
desktop-class drives assume you have only one, so if they need to do a quick
re-cal, you'll wait for it.

In an array, the ready status of each drive can't fluctuate for any reason.

WD is a proven source for good drives in each class, just read the specs on
your preferred choice.

Have fun.

 

[BENAGLIA]

Thank you very much for the advice, will keep a careful eye on the Raid
drives matter as I go along.

Thanks again to you all
AndyB

 

[Guest]

Personally, I prefer the Adaptec RAID controllers, FYI