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    Advanced Raid Question

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by ViciousXUSMC, Jun 27, 2008.

  1. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    I know how all the raid modes work and while never using raid before am pretty sure I could set it up without much trouble.

    But one question I have never seen asked or answered is, is there a way to have a raid setup between 2 drives that have there own partitions?

    I like to keep my OS & media seperate via a partition for obvious reasons, and my new computer is going to have two of the 640gb WD drives.

    So to raid 1 or 0 the drives is it possible to split one drive into say 140/500 and raid the 500gb or so to the other drive but leave the 140 untouched?

    I guess I am asking if you can raid only certian partitions or does it have to be the entire drive and thus create the partitions on the raid array as a whole instead, and that would mean i need to find a way to backup the 300gb of media I have so that I can wipe the drive.
     
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  2. Andy

    Andy Notebook Prophet

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    i dont think it will be possible, because logically in RAID 1, one drive is the mirror image of the other....so if a partition is made in one drive the same partition would be made in the other....so i think the partitioning you are talking about might not be possible in RAID 1 since whole drives are required to build a RAID....but might be possible for RAID 0 because I did read on Symatec's site that Partition Magic supports RAID 0 and 5....so you could probably repartition the drives using PM and rebuild the RAID 0 on them..!! or maybe you could make partitions during the windows format....not very sure about this..!! repartitioning then rebuilding RAID 1 on the drives maybe possible....found this....
     
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  3. jisaac

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    I don't believe this can be done. You must raid the 2 drives first, and then configure partitions. Are you thinking of using xp or vista? XP requires you to load the drivers from a floppy disk (which is very annoying), whilst vista allows the use of an optical drive. Another plus for Vista :)
     
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  4. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    Im going Vista, I am still in debate to use x64 or x86 tho....

    I probably will go x64 and have to sacrifice the option to use ppjoy to use my wiimote on my pc games.
     
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    you probably know this already, but after reading some reviews of the wd6400aaks, you should use hdtune to check access times, and if the access time is higher than 13-14ms, you should disable AAM either using hdtune pro, or hitachi disk tools, which will give u an access time in the 12ms range.
     
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