RAID 5 vs. RAID 0 with SATA II

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Jackson_T

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Hello, I am planing to buy a complete system and I am looking for the "best bang for the buck".

Let me start off with what I plan on getting.

1) DFI LANPARTY nF4 SLI-DR http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813136151

2) Hitachi Deskstar 7K80 80GB Serial ATA II http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=100590-1

3) Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 250GB Serial ATA II http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=100594-2

Ok now my question is will I be able to take advantage of the SATA II speeds in a RAID 0 configuration or a RAID 5 configuration or both with this motherboard?

Also if I can run both RAID 0 and RAID 5 at SATA II speeds I would use two HDs (#3 on list) for RAID 0 or four HDs (#2 on list) for RAID 5. Now would the RAID 5 array be faster then the RAID 0? If not would it be worth the sacrifice in speed for the reliability?
 
Praetor said:
You wont be able to do RAID5 so from that list, i'd pick RAID0. Read the RAID101
http://www.computerforum.com/showthread.php?t=10889

And to answer the SATA-II aspect ... no. Damn near nothin will reach SATA-II speeds.
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Why can't I run a RAID 5 configureation? The mobo supports it.

I read the RAID 101 thing and I did not see any info on RAID 5 vs. RAID 0 "stats" eg. faster? slower?

Is it true that the more HDs that you have in RAID 5 the faster the read and write speed will be?

If that is so, how many would I need to exceed the performance of RAID 0?
 
Jackson_T said:
Why can't I run a RAID 5 configureation? The mobo supports it.

I read the RAID 101 thing and I did not see any info on RAID 5 vs. RAID 0 "stats" eg. faster? slower?

Is it true that the more HDs that you have in RAID 5 the faster the read and write speed will be?

If that is so, how many would I need to exceed the performance of RAID 0?
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Why do you need 4 hard drives in a stripped config? I would put two in RAID 0 and the other 2 in RAID 1
 
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