RAID setup question

[computerbuild]

iam getting this motherboard which supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 10.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3940038&sku=A455-2826

my question is will I be able to make a RAID 5 from 3 320gb drives and then make a few partitions from the RAID 5 so ill be able to have a partition for my OS and one or two for my DATA?

If not then what about if i make a RAID 10 with four drives?

thank

 

[computerbuild]

Bump

 

[Cromewell]

Once you make the RAID array you can partition the space however you want. If you are using 3x320GB drives you will have 640GB of space.

 

[computerbuild]

Once you make the RAID array you can partition the space however you want. If you are using 3x320GB drives you will have 640GB of space.

Thanks. I was told that this is true on a raid 1 or raid 0, but not on a raid 5. is that possible? and what do you recommend as far as a raid 5 or raid 1+0(on a four drive array).
thanks for your help.

 

[ronster667]

ok prepare for the noob question

what is raid?

 

[TrainTrackHack]

what is raid?

Basically it's setting multiple hard drives appear as one for improved performance and/or reliability. I suggest you read the wikipedia article on RAID, it should answer all your questions.

 

[Cromewell]

Thanks. I was told that this is true on a raid 1 or raid 0, but not on a raid 5. is that possible? and what do you recommend as far as a raid 5 or raid 1+0(on a four drive array).
thanks for your help.

I'd say a RAID5 is better than 1+0 or 0+1. I'm pretty sure you can just partition away once your array is made.