SATA HDD's Set-up

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Darned Andrew, oh well at least we got a crash course in RAID because
of him. With pictures and animation it's easier to understand how
different RAID levels move data. The last one maybe Andrew will
understand... or maybe not.

Andrew understand something? Not Andrew E, who understands nothing I think
you have the wrong Andrew. ;-)

 

[p.mc]

Exactly that is why a RAID configuration in this case is nonsense.
basically what I said you will loose space i.e. HD space

"Sorry I asked"...Tee hee!!

 

[Paul Knudsen]

Hi

I've just ordered 2 Maxtor SATA HDD's, one for the O/S and the other for
Storage, these will run off a high speed 2-port Sata PCI Card (Adaptec
ASH-1205SA) Transfer rates of up to 1.5 Gbit/sec (150 MByte/sec.) The two
HDD's I've ordered transfer rates are 300 MBps, will this be a problem?

Should be no problem provided you have (or can borrow) a floppy drive
to load the SATA drivers when you boot the XP CD.

I can't say whether your drives and card are compatable, but would
imagine they are. Thruput can't be any faster than the drives' rate.