Re: RAID 0 or mirror drives which is better

If your controller supports 1+0 RAID or 0+1 RAID, look into it - it's
striping and then mirroring, or vice-versa. You would need 4 drives.


"MMJII" <MMJII@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hello all
I have a Win 2K3 SBS server I am building I have 2 - 250 GB SATA drives.
Server will be running Exchange, File & Print, and a few network
accounting
& tax apps.
Dell Poweredge 830 Pentium D @ 3.0 Ghz.
Is RAID 0, or mirrored drives the beter way to go
Any ideas are appreciated.




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