Re: Raid 0
- From: "Tom Scales" <tomtoo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 21:20:05 GMT
Yes, but if one of the tires gets a hole in it, all four tires don't
explode. With Raid 0, if one drive dies, you lose everything off both
drive.
"Bill Marriott" <wjm@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Michael,
>
> You're right about RAID 0... twice the capacity, twice the speed...
> except, is it really "half" the reliability or just the same reliability
> as a single drive? After all, having four tires on a car isn't 1/4th the
> reliability of a single tire, is it?
>
> Bill
>
> "Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> jerryrock wrote:
>>> I think you are missing the point. A Raid array combines the 2 drives
>>> and sees it as one drive witing information on both drives. This
>>> increases drive speed, but you loose the capacity of one of the drives.
>>> You can set up both drives in a SATA formation allowing you to use the
>>> capacity of both drives but this has to be configured during windows set
>>> up.
>>
>> Raid 0 stripes the disks together, resulting in a single logical
>> drive of twice the capacity, up to twice the bandwidth, and half
>> the reliability of a single drive.
>>
>> Raid 1 uses one drive to "mirror" the other, resulting in a single
>> logical drive of the same capacity as a single drive (sound familiar?),
>> twice the read bandwidth, somewhat less write bandwidth, and complete
>> immunity from single-drive failures.
>>
>> -michael
>>
>>> "JP" wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Thanks for the tip, it only sees "C" drive with 225 gigs available.
>>>>
>>>>"bweiler" wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>It is my understanding that Raid 0 combines two disks of the same size
>>>>>(i.e., 250 GB) into one logical disk (500 GB) to increase performance.
>>>>>So, it seems that the console reports this correctly, but Windows
>>>>>Explorer doesn't.
>>>>>
>>>>>Did you check "settings, recorder, storage" to find out if MCE sees the
>>>>>additional storage space? If so, then it shouldn't matter if Windows
>>>>>Explorer reports the storage space correctly.
>>>>>
>>>>>BW
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>"JP" wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>I used the Intel Console to set up Raid 0 with two Western Digital 250
>>>>>>gig drives. The console shows volume 0 at 465 gigs but Windows
>>>>>>Explorer only shows C drive with 232 gigs. Prior to Raid, it showed a
>>>>>>K drive also with 232 gigs. Any thoughts?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Thanks in advance,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>jpg
>
>
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