HL2 Bundle a total waste

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My two hard drives are in a RAID 1.5 array. It uses raid 1 and raid
5.
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Not quite. They did something clever--they mirrored the drives
structuring the data in such a manner that if both drives are working
then it can be accessed using striping, but if one fails then it runs
entirely from the single drive. It's not RAID 5, which requires 3
drives, it's "RAID one and a half".
If one hard drive fails, replace it and the array is rebuilt with
absolutely no data loss. The only way you lose your data is if BOTH
hard drives fail at the same time. The chances of this happening with
300,000 hour MTBF drives is something like 1 in 150 million years.
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Be nice if it was really that good. It's not. The trouble is that
you're assuming that the drive failure does not have an external cause
that will bring down both drives at the same time, and that it will not
fail in such a manner as to damage the other drive.
 
J.Clarke said:
Not quite. They did something clever--they mirrored the drives
structuring the data in such a manner that if both drives are working
then it can be accessed using striping, but if one fails then it runs
entirely from the single drive. It's not RAID 5, which requires 3
drives, it's "RAID one and a half".
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In true Raid 5 if one drive fails, your data is read from two instead of
three. Exactly the same as my setup, except it is done with two drives, not
3.
 
In true Raid 5 if one drive fails, your data is read from two instead
of three. Exactly the same as my setup, except it is done with two
drives, not 3.
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In RAID 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 if one drive fails your data is read
from the two or more remaining drives. The system in which there are
two drives and the data is read from one if the other fails is called
"RAID 1".

Please try to understand that each RAID level has the data arranged in a
very specific way, that is different for each RAID level. A system
which uses two drives, has striping, and can run from a single drive if
the other fails requires that the data be arranged on the drive in a
manner different from that which defines any of the standard RAID
levels. That is why HighPoint made up a new number, "RAID 1.5".

What you have is _not_ RAID 5.
 
I was thinking of getting a 9600XT with HL2 but maybe not. This page
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=12567 shows the coupon that supposedly
comes with the board. Check the fine print. "Half-Life 2 will be sent to
you once the game is available. Please allow 4 to 6 six weeks for
delivery"? Are they kidding? Who's going to want to wait 4 to 6 weeks?
They should put the game in the box or let you take the coupon to a store to
pick up HL2.
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No game out... kinda hard to put it in.

As other have posted...

But ATI are giving you a good deal on getting a whole bunch of other
games and if you can't wait a few weeks for them to mail you the
CD-ROM, you are more than welcomed to download it.

As you said about "what if you dont have broadband" - what? You don't
know a friend who doesn't have it? Take about an 1-4hrs to download,
depending on speed.

No sham in this deal.
 
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