raid question

robina_80 · 02-02-2006, 09:44 PM

ok im in bios and theres 4 different arrays i can use theres striping, mirroring, stripe mirroring and spanning i was wondering what the last 2 raids are also how many hard drives do i need for the last 2

Yeti · 02-02-2006, 10:19 PM

stripe mirroring = RAID10, a mirrored RAID0 array, AFAIK you need 4 drives
spanning = just make several (any number) disks look like one disk
I'm pretty sure this stuff is in the RAID 101, and is probably better explained in there.

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02-02-2006, 10:19 PM	#12 (permalink)
Yeti VIP Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,319	stripe mirroring = RAID10, a mirrored RAID0 array, AFAIK you need 4 drives spanning = just make several (any number) disks look like one disk I'm pretty sure this stuff is in the RAID 101, and is probably better explained in there.