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Darkfalz
If I RAID 0 two identical 120 GB hard disks, do I get 240 GB of storage or
120 GB?
120 GB?
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Ed Jay
240Darkfalz said:If I RAID 0 two identical 120 GB hard disks, do I get 240 GB of storage or
120 GB?
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Philip Callan
Darkfalz said:If I RAID 0 two identical 120 GB hard disks, do I get 240 GB of storage or
120 GB?
RAID 0 is interleaving, it will split the data to the two physical drives,
your 2 drives will show up as (1) 240GB or so.
RAID 1 would be redundancy, then your 2 physical drives, show up as (1)
120GB
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Darkfalz
Philip Callan said:RAID 0 is interleaving, it will split the data to the two physical drives,
your 2 drives will show up as (1) 240GB or so.
RAID 1 would be redundancy, then your 2 physical drives, show up as (1)
120GB
Is this easy to set up? What if I already have data on one of the discs that
I can't temporarily store anywhere else?
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Ron
Ah - the irony.
In answer to your most recent question...it's deliciously fitting that the
ideal response happens to be EXACTLY the response YOU posted, for the fellow
having BIOS trouble. But - unlike when you delivered it yesterday, I will
avoid the crudity of spelling it out:
"You're f***ed."
Ron
In answer to your most recent question...it's deliciously fitting that the
ideal response happens to be EXACTLY the response YOU posted, for the fellow
having BIOS trouble. But - unlike when you delivered it yesterday, I will
avoid the crudity of spelling it out:
"You're f***ed."
Ron
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Darkfalz
Ron said:Ah - the irony.
In answer to your most recent question...it's deliciously fitting that the
ideal response happens to be EXACTLY the response YOU posted, for the fellow
having BIOS trouble. But - unlike when you delivered it yesterday, I will
avoid the crudity of spelling it out:
"You're f***ed."
Actually I have a 20 GB HD which should just be enough, so I just un-****ed
myself.
Still, I think I'll just go with the standard master/slave IDE setup. I
don't need more than 50 mb/sec transfer rates.
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Gary
Ed Jay said:240
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Is Raid 0 going to be much quicker than two separate drives?
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Darkfalz
Gary said:Is Raid 0 going to be much quicker than two separate drives?
That's the idea. Techincally it should be 2x as fast but real world
perforamance is more like 1.5.
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Barry Watzman
You get a 240 gig drive that is approximately twice as fast as the
individual 120 gig drives, and somewhat less reliable (if either drive
fails (completely), you lose EVERYTHING).
individual 120 gig drives, and somewhat less reliable (if either drive
fails (completely), you lose EVERYTHING).
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Barry Watzman
It's easy to setup but you need to start with two blank drives (or
drives on which all existing data will be lost, anyway).
You can't start with a drive that has data on it to be retained.
drives on which all existing data will be lost, anyway).
You can't start with a drive that has data on it to be retained.
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Darkfalz
Barry Watzman said:It's easy to setup but you need to start with two blank drives (or
drives on which all existing data will be lost, anyway).
You can't start with a drive that has data on it to be retained.
Gotcha. I think I'll just stick with a 2 HD setup, I don't really need
another 120 GB drive anyway, I'll just pick up an 80.