Re: Use XP Pro for disc mirroring?
From: Nathan McNulty (nospam_at_msn.com)
Date: 08/15/04
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Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 00:52:11 -0700
Depends on the RAID Controller. Some only support RAID 0, some support
RAID 1. Check with the manual to see if RAID 1 is supported.
Since you are just learning how RAID works, I would suggest your read
through this entire article. It contains quite a bit of helpful
information and should answer any questions you might have much better
than I ever could:
http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=830&page=1
---- Nathan McNulty anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com wrote: > Hi, > Thanks for the reply. I have had a PCI ATA133 RAID > controller installed. Will that do the job and enable me > to use RAID 1? I presume I will need some software. I saw > this software from Techsoft which seemed a cheaper > solution that buying XP Pro. What do you think? > > http://www.techsoftpl.com/backup/ > > Cheers > > Paul > >>-----Original Message----- >>RAID 0 requires 2 drives. This is not fault tolerant. > > RAID 1 requires 2 > >>drives and is fault tolerant. RAID 0+1 requires 4 > > drives. This is > >>fault tolerant and provides huge performance gains. >> >>Your motherboard must support these different methods. > > RAID 0+1 is a > >>RAID 1 array of two RAID 0 Arrays. What motherboard do > > you have and is > >>it supported? I would suggest at least switching to > > RAID 1 if it is > >>supported for what you want to do. Unfortunately, these > > RAID > >>configurations (especially 0+1) cost a bit of money. > > You may even need > >>to buy a PCI RAID Card if your motherboard doesn't > > support it and you > >>really need it. >> >>---- >>Nathan McNulty >> >> >>Rufio wrote: >> >>>I have a Raid0 array, that I love (a pair of Serial > > ATA 120Gb drives) - has > >>>is it possible to create a Raid 1 array of a Raid0 > > array (would it need 4 > >>>drives or 3 ?) ? >>> >>> >>>"Nathan McNulty" <nospam@msn.com> wrote in message >>>news:eqoJyojgEHA.3548@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl... >>> >>> >>>>Well, you have two options. First, does your computer > > support RAID 1? > >>>>See this link for more info on RAID: >>>>http://www.acnc.com/raid.html >>>> >>>>Second option, you can use XP Pro and make both drives > > dynamic and > >>>>mirror them. XP Home will not do dynamic drives and > > does not support > >>>>software RAID. >>>> >>>>Your first option would be best if it is possible. > > The second option > >>>>will work, but you will lose system performance > > compared to RAID ;) > >>>>---- >>>>Nathan McNulty >>>> >>>> >>>>Paul wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>Hi, >>>>>Having just recovered from a failed C drive at home, I >>>>>want to put in a second hard drive & move onto a >>>>>mirroring system so if the C drive fails, the system > > will > >>>>>still work and I can replace the faulty drive at my >>>>>leisure. Currently I use XP HE, is it best to upgrade > > to > >>>>>XP Pro, which apparently does mirroring, or is there > > an > >>>>>easier, cheaper solution? >>>>>Thanks for looking, it's appreciated. >>>>> >>>>>Paul >>> >>> >>> >>. >>
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