If you run 2 8MB Buffer HDD's in RAID will it make one big 16MB Buffer?

ADE · 12-19-2006, 04:29 AM

Just wondering. The RAID where it makes 2 HDD's run as one. I forgot what its called.....IS RAID safe?

Ku-sama · 12-19-2006, 04:31 AM

Striping, RAID-0

i'm not sure, if i had to guess, yeah

ADE · 12-19-2006, 04:33 AM

Full sentences please........

Ku-sama · 12-19-2006, 04:35 AM

I separate it to answer individual questions...

Question one: whats it is called: Striping/RAID-0
Question two: Will it work: It should, but I haven't done so before.

**Cromewell** · 12-19-2006, 05:52 AM

Any RAID makes x hard drives appear as one but Kusama is probably right in thinking you are talking about a RAID 0.

Is RAID safe? RAID 0 isn't because if one drive fails you lose everything.

ADE · 12-19-2006, 11:47 PM

ouch.

Froboy7391_99 · 12-20-2006, 12:52 AM

Could you do a Raid 1(the one where it makes a copy of everything on another HDD?) of a pair of Raid 0? Meaning yo have four HDD's

flash527 · 12-20-2006, 05:14 AM

the best option for speed and backup would be a raid 5, which essentially takes two of your HDD's and makes thema raid 0, and then takes a third one as a backup, so if one of your drives fail, you can install a new one and be ok.

basically you have the speed of raid 0, and the security of raid 1

[-0MEGA-] · 12-20-2006, 05:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Froboy7391_99

Could you do a Raid 1(the one where it makes a copy of everything on another HDD?) of a pair of Raid 0? Meaning yo have four HDD's

Quote:

Originally Posted by flash527

the best option for speed and backup would be a raid 5, which essentially takes two of your HDD's and makes thema raid 0, and then takes a third one as a backup, so if one of your drives fail, you can install a new one and be ok.

basically you have the speed of raid 0, and the security of raid 1

Exactly what he said

**Cromewell** · 12-20-2006, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by [-0MEGA-]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Froboy7391_99

Could you do a Raid 1(the one where it makes a copy of everything on another HDD?) of a pair of Raid 0? Meaning yo have four HDD's

Quote:

Originally Posted by flash527

the best option for speed and backup would be a raid 5, which essentially takes two of your HDD's and makes thema raid 0, and then takes a third one as a backup, so if one of your drives fail, you can install a new one and be ok.

basically you have the speed of raid 0, and the security of raid 1
Exactly what he said

No, that RAID is called a RAID10/01/0+1/etc. RAID 5 uses 1/# drives (a fraction of the size of one disk) for backing up the other drives so you can lose 1 drive and still be able to get your data but if you lose 2 you're done, and you need at least 3 drives for it.

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ADE banned Join Date: Jul 2006 Age: 16 Posts: 3,371	If you run 2 8MB Buffer HDD's in RAID will it make one big 16MB Buffer? Just wondering. The RAID where it makes 2 HDD's run as one. I forgot what its called.....IS RAID safe?

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12-20-2006, 05:14 AM	#8 (permalink)
flash527 Bronze Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 62	the best option for speed and backup would be a raid 5, which essentially takes two of your HDD's and makes thema raid 0, and then takes a third one as a backup, so if one of your drives fail, you can install a new one and be ok. basically you have the speed of raid 0, and the security of raid 1 __________________ Laptop = Red Desktop = Blue AMD FX-60 Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 1.86 running at 3.0Ghz 2 GB DDR2 2GB Corsair dominator ram nVidia 7900 GTX Nvidia 8800 GTS 17" Widescreen Thermaltake Shark case Thermaltake Big water 745 liquid cooling system WD 150GB Raptor

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12-19-2006, 04:31 AM	#2 (permalink)
Ku-sama banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Computer Cave. AKA: King Computer Inc. Age: 19 Posts: 5,312	Striping, RAID-0 i'm not sure, if i had to guess, yeah

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ADE banned Join Date: Jul 2006 Age: 16 Posts: 3,371	Full sentences please........

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Ku-sama banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Computer Cave. AKA: King Computer Inc. Age: 19 Posts: 5,312	I separate it to answer individual questions... Question one: whats it is called: Striping/RAID-0 Question two: Will it work: It should, but I haven't done so before.

12-19-2006, 11:47 PM	#6 (permalink)
ADE banned Join Date: Jul 2006 Age: 16 Posts: 3,371	ouch.

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