Raid

quagmondo23 · 03-06-2008, 10:04 PM

What is RAID?

I get the combining hard drives to get one logical drive and redundant array of inexpensive disks but can't you just buy hard drives and put them into your computer.

tlarkin · 03-06-2008, 10:07 PM

wikipedia my friend, is your friend when it comes to learning about technology

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID

[-0MEGA-] · 03-06-2008, 10:22 PM

You don't need to setup a RAID array with multiple hard drives, in fact it's not even recommended for a personal desktop.

quagmondo23 · 03-06-2008, 10:58 PM

Theres 5103 words on that page (and I looked at it).

I don't want to do it. I just want to know what it is and an example of how its used in less than 5103 words.

tlarkin · 03-06-2008, 11:08 PM

basically it makes multiple disks work together as one, either mirroring each other, or striping and working together as one, and in some configurations it does both mirror + stripping.

Really, in all honesty, only really applicable in server side technology. Not really an end user technology at all, with a few minor exceptions of some advance specific esoteric users.

**Cromewell** · 03-07-2008, 05:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by quagmondo23

Theres 5103 words on that page (and I looked at it).

I don't want to do it. I just want to know what it is and an example of how its used in less than 5103 words.

You know you don't have to read every single word. Just the intro if you want to know what it is will do.

dznutz · 03-07-2008, 07:03 AM

the first paragraph sums it up quite well.

Quote:

Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks, as named by the inventors and commonly referred to as RAID, is a technology that supports the integrated use of two or more hard-drives in various configurations for the purposes of achieving greater performance, reliability through redundancy, and larger disk volume sizes through aggregation. RAID is also sometimes referred to as "Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Drives" or "Redundant Arrays of Independent Disks/Drives". RAID is an umbrella term for computer data storage schemes that divide and replicate data among multiple hard disk drives. RAID's various designs balance or accentuate two key design goals: increased data reliability and increased I/O (input/output) performance.

reddevil6 · 03-07-2008, 07:22 AM

yea i would probably would not do it.
I did it with my 2 500G HDDs an i regret it i an so scared that i will lose everything.
i do have a question thou if i have to reset my BIOS for any reason will i lose my RAIO0 Array or can i reset it then put my setting back to RAID an then it will rember it, or would i just have to start again?

quagmondo23 · 03-08-2008, 12:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cromewell

You know you don't have to read every single word. Just the intro if you want to know what it is will do.

I know, just exaggerated. Slightly.

quagmondo23 · 03-08-2008, 12:14 AM

Thanks, by the way.

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quagmondo23 Platinum Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: At My Computer, In My Room, In My House, In My Town, In My County, In My Country, Which Is Ireland Posts: 847	Theres 5103 words on that page (and I looked at it). I don't want to do it. I just want to know what it is and an example of how its used in less than 5103 words. __________________ Wikipedia was made in the same time it takes 100,000 people to watch the super bowl. if this means something to you, put this in your profile If you can see this, you have WAY TOO much time on your hand. Or you're a mod going through my sig. But if you do, copy and past this in your sig.

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reddevil6 Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Australia Age: 16 Posts: 1,180	yea i would probably would not do it. I did it with my 2 500G HDDs an i regret it i an so scared that i will lose everything. i do have a question thou if i have to reset my BIOS for any reason will i lose my RAIO0 Array or can i reset it then put my setting back to RAID an then it will rember it, or would i just have to start again? __________________ (1) GA-MA770-DS3 - AMD 6000+ @3.33GHz - WD SE16 2x500G - ASUS 9800GTX+ @820 - 2036 - 2350 - Apacer 2x2G DDR 800 @953MHz - Thermaltake Soprano RS100 full tower - Coolmaster extrema power duo 650W - 3DMARK06 12256 (2) GA-81945P-G-RH - Pentium D 945 (3.4GHz) had it @4.42 GHz - SATA 3.0G 1x250G 2x500G - ASUS 3850 - 3G DDR 533 - Topower 750W - 50''(127CM) 1080P 1920x1080 plasma - 3DMARK06 7250.

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quagmondo23 Platinum Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: At My Computer, In My Room, In My House, In My Town, In My County, In My Country, Which Is Ireland Posts: 847	Thanks, by the way. __________________ Wikipedia was made in the same time it takes 100,000 people to watch the super bowl. if this means something to you, put this in your profile If you can see this, you have WAY TOO much time on your hand. Or you're a mod going through my sig. But if you do, copy and past this in your sig.

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tlarkin VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 6,979	wikipedia my friend, is your friend when it comes to learning about technology http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID

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tlarkin VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 6,979	basically it makes multiple disks work together as one, either mirroring each other, or striping and working together as one, and in some configurations it does both mirror + stripping. Really, in all honesty, only really applicable in server side technology. Not really an end user technology at all, with a few minor exceptions of some advance specific esoteric users.

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