So yesterday I purchased two Seagate SATA2 ST3500418AS 500GB. I plan on Raid0-ing them but I'm not entirely sure where to begin.
I currently have a 500GB WDC in my system. I would like to remove it, but that means I will have to install OS on the Raid0 array. From what I've read, you will need a floppy disk to install the Raid0/HDD drivers but I don't have a FDD. Would a USB Flash Drive work? I remember using it to update my BIOS once.
Any pointers as to what I should do now? My cousin has an FDD that I might be able to take for a while.
Motherboard is a P35C-DS3R.
[editline]23rd June 2011[/editline]
Actually disregard this. You can use a USB to install the drivers. I must have been reading old articles or something. Sorry.
If you're installing Windows 7, chances are you won't need a RAID driver disk.
And despite having two Maxtor disks survive 5 years (decommissioned in full working order) in RAID 0 as a boot drive (<3 nvraid), I would not recommend it.
[QUOTE=Darkimmortal;30647094]And despite having two Maxtor disks survive 5 years in RAID 0 as a boot drive (<3 nvraid), I would not recommend it.[/QUOTE]
If it worked out fine, why not?
I'm currently backing up my files.
[QUOTE=JinkoMK;30647118]If it worked out fine, why not?
I'm currently backing up my files.[/QUOTE]
Recovery tools and partition managers become a nightmare, and I nearly lost my MFT on more than one occasion after accidentally knocking a SATA cable while the machine was on.
If I were you I'd return the disks for a single F3.
My raid 0 drivers are lasting 6 years going strong.
Don't install Windows 7 on it, keep it separate. You only need raid drivers for XP as it never was designed with SATA in mind.
[QUOTE=Darkimmortal;30647431]If I were you I'd return the disks for a single F3.[/QUOTE]
Unfortunately, this isn't an option.
[QUOTE=Brt5470;30650476]Don't install Windows 7 on it, keep it separate. You only need raid drivers for XP as it never was designed with SATA in mind.[/QUOTE]
I already have installed Windows 7. But I'm starting to think of keeping my old HDD and keep using it for OS. Would the OS on the Raid0 array slow down its Write Speed?
With that said, if I put in my old HDD, which HDD will boot up first?
Since that motherboard supports Intel Matrix RAID, you could put a large portion of both drives in RAID0 and use that "partition" for OS and games, while putting a small part of each disk in RAID1 and symlink your [I]C:\Users\[B]username[/B][/I] folder to the RAID1 "partition"
[QUOTE=Van-man;30655439]Since that motherboard supports Intel Matrix RAID, you could put a large portion of both drives in RAID0 and use that "partition" for OS and games, while putting a small part of each disk in RAID1 and symlink your [I]C:\Users\[B]username[/B][/I] folder to the RAID1 "partition"[/QUOTE]
You might as well RAID0 everything and backup instead, it's going to be easier and faster. Remember that RAID1 is NOT a backup.
[QUOTE=gparent;30656318]You might as well RAID0 everything and backup instead, it's going to be easier and faster. Remember that RAID1 is NOT a backup.[/QUOTE]
I know that, got a fileserver in the other end of the house for that.
And a rented FTP server in a datacenter for the really critical stuff.
It's just to add extra protection to all the data stored in my browsers and that in my documents folders.
[QUOTE=gparent;30656318]You might as well RAID0 everything and backup instead, it's going to be easier and faster. Remember that RAID1 is NOT a backup.[/QUOTE]
It's more reliable than not backing up.
[QUOTE=gparent;30656318]You might as well RAID0 everything and backup instead, it's going to be easier and faster. Remember that RAID1 is NOT a backup.[/QUOTE]
Why can't you use RAID1 as a backup?
[QUOTE=Brt5470;30657019]It's more reliable than not backing up.[/QUOTE]
Which is why I suggested backing up. Did you even read my post?
[QUOTE=Goz3rr;30657041]Why can't you use RAID1 as a backup?[/QUOTE]
Because it isn't a backup? How does RAID1 allow you to get back your files if they get corrupted? How does it allow you to reimage your system drive to a clean state if you get a virus? How does it allow you to go back in time if you accidentally delete a file?
People who think RAID is a backup have never used real backups.
[QUOTE=Goz3rr;30657041]Why can't you use RAID1 as a backup?[/QUOTE]
RAID1 isn't backup, it's fault tolerance.
I think it's backup as in drive fails, still have a second copy.
[QUOTE=Goz3rr;30657623]I think it's backup as in drive fails, still have a second copy.[/QUOTE]
That's high availability (HA), redundancy, fault tolerance, whatever you call it, but not definitely not a backup.
Backup is the practice of restoring files from a location which isn't usually on or near the origin.
Backup - data restoration
RAID - fault tolerance (yes you can restore data from a RAID 1 mirror but only that snapshot of it)
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