Storage questions

[MikeB]

I have a few questions about disk storage.

Can I install XP Pro on a dynamic volume? How do I create the dynamic
volume during install? Or is it possible to convert the basic volume
to dynamic after install?

What is the largest single disk size that Win XP Pro (SP2) will
support?

Does Win XP Pro (SP2) support RAID-5?

What is the largest array capacity for

RAID-0

RAID-1

RAID-5 (if supported)

Thanks.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I have a few questions about disk storage.

Can I install XP Pro on a dynamic volume? How do I create the
dynamic volume during install? Or is it possible to convert the
basic volume to dynamic after install?

What is the largest single disk size that Win XP Pro (SP2) will
support?

Does Win XP Pro (SP2) support RAID-5?

What is the largest array capacity for

RAID-0

RAID-1

RAID-5 (if supported)

Search using Google!
http://www.google.com/
(How-to: http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/basics.html )

http://www.google.com/search?q=Can+I+install+XP+Pro+on+a+dynamic+volume

Example find:
Error Message About Partition Appears When You Install Windows XP to a
Dynamic Volume
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/283421

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...&q=largest+formatted+disk+size+for+Windows+XP

I'll just tell you - about 2.2 TB in reality.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...indows+XP+Professional+support+RAID+5&spell=1

Example finds:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314343
http://controlshiftescape.com/tech_WXPraid5.php

My suggestion - get a hardware RAID controller card and do it that way -
then support for the RAID level from the OS is unnecessary.

As for the largest array capacity - how much money do you have?

Also - it starts becoming a question of performance when you start spreading
things out over more than 9 disks. I find that groupings of 5 and 9 disks
give great performance in a RAID5 situation.

 

[MikeB]

Search using Google!
http://www.google.com/
(How-to:http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/basics.html)

http://www.google.com/search?q=Can+I+install+XP+Pro+on+a+dynamic+volume

Example find:
Error Message About Partition Appears When You Install Windows XP to a
Dynamic Volumehttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/283421

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&q=larges...

I'll just tell you - about 2.2 TB in reality.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&sa=X&oi=sp...

Example finds:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314343http://controlshiftescape.com/tech_WXPraid5.php

My suggestion - get a hardware RAID controller card and do it that way -
then support for the RAID level from the OS is unnecessary.

As for the largest array capacity - how much money do you have?

Also - it starts becoming a question of performance when you start spreading
things out over more than 9 disks. I find that groupings of 5 and 9 disks
give great performance in a RAID5 situation.

I *did* Google a bit before I came here to ask, I also read some of
the stuff on MS's website. It wasn't exactly crystal clear to me, so I
thought I'd better ask.

 

[MikeB]

My suggestion - get a hardware RAID controller card and do it that way -
then support for the RAID level from the OS is unnecessary.

Wait, now I"m a tad more confused. So my Motherboard's (Intel Dp34DP)
built-in SATA controller will create a RAID array and Windows will be
blissfully unaware that it's even running on a RAID array?

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Wait, now I"m a tad more confused. So my Motherboard's (Intel
Dp34DP) built-in SATA controller will create a RAID array and
Windows will be blissfully unaware that it's even running on a RAID
array?

If your have a true hardware RAID controller and it has a driver that allows
Windows XP to communicate with that device - yes. It's the hardware that
creates and manages the RAID array - not the software.