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setting up 2 extra Sata HDD??
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13. June 2005 @ 19:42 |
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I currently have 2 Hitachi 160GB HDD in a Raid(0) setup and would like to setup 2 more HDD. How should I set the other HDD up??? Raid 0 or Raid 1??? Thanks
Q9550@4.0ghz,Gigabyte EP45-UD3P,OCZ Vendetta 2 cooler,VisionTek 4870X2,1TB Samsung Spinpoint SATA/3GB,4GB G.Skill DDR2 1066,LG Blu-ray/HDDVD combo drive,Corsair HX-1000 Modular,Hannspree 28" LCD,Coolermaster Cosmos S
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=473095
2 Xbox 360 Jaspers(flashed w/Ixtreme LT), PS3, Wii
Samsung 4071,Samsung 4095, Samsung 245BW LCD Displays
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14. June 2005 @ 01:08 |
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First, clearly you will need a RAID card that supports four drives, and also room fo them!
RAID0 stripe you would use to add the capacity of the extra drives to your current setup (i.e. one massive partition, one drive letter)
RAID1 stripe will mirror the existing data for backup, so you will only benefit should a disk drive go down. Generally this is not used for home purposes, so you'll probably want 0.
Example: 4 160GB S-ATA HDDs
RAID0: C:/ total drive space: 640GB
RAID1: C:/ total drive space: 160GB D:/ total drive space: 160GB
or alternatively C:/ 160GB only for even better protection.
Generally, however, the 0 stripe option is favoured for speed and storage capacity, as cheap networks in excess of 500GB and 150MB/sec can be achieved.
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22. June 2005 @ 17:42 |
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Thanks for the info Sam!!!! My motherboard supports 4 sata 150 and 4 sataII 300 drives.......I have plenty of room......Thanks
Q9550@4.0ghz,Gigabyte EP45-UD3P,OCZ Vendetta 2 cooler,VisionTek 4870X2,1TB Samsung Spinpoint SATA/3GB,4GB G.Skill DDR2 1066,LG Blu-ray/HDDVD combo drive,Corsair HX-1000 Modular,Hannspree 28" LCD,Coolermaster Cosmos S
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=473095
2 Xbox 360 Jaspers(flashed w/Ixtreme LT), PS3, Wii
Samsung 4071,Samsung 4095, Samsung 245BW LCD Displays
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24. June 2005 @ 04:14 |
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No problem. I'm probably going to get two 320GB WDCs when i can afford them!
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30. June 2005 @ 22:43 |
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Nice rig Sam!! I hear ya there.....i'm trying to run SLI video cards but I can't afford to buy the first card!!LOL
Q9550@4.0ghz,Gigabyte EP45-UD3P,OCZ Vendetta 2 cooler,VisionTek 4870X2,1TB Samsung Spinpoint SATA/3GB,4GB G.Skill DDR2 1066,LG Blu-ray/HDDVD combo drive,Corsair HX-1000 Modular,Hannspree 28" LCD,Coolermaster Cosmos S
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=473095
2 Xbox 360 Jaspers(flashed w/Ixtreme LT), PS3, Wii
Samsung 4071,Samsung 4095, Samsung 245BW LCD Displays
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1. July 2005 @ 00:13 |
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Indeed, SLi seems ludicrously expensive even for what it is at present.
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