raid 0 on W7
I have a new PC build.
10X Blu-Ray BD-R Writer SATA Drive (Black)
Caviar Black 1TB 7200RPM 3.5" SATA 6.0Gbps w/ 64MB Cache (x2) set as raid 0
Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition 3.4GHz AM3 w/ Fan
M4A89GTD-Pro/USB3 AM3 DDR3 SATA6.0 IDE ATI-HD4290 V/A/L DVi/HDMi i1394 ATX
Radeon HD 5970 2GB PCIEx16
sony bravia kdl 32ex600
Corsair XMS3 Dominator TR3X6G1600C8D
The HD's are set up as raid 0 in bios.
When I look at properties / drivers in Admin Tools they register as RAid 0 drivers. In Disk manager they show up as 1 drive ( not Raid 0 ), dynamic and a performance rateing of 5.6.
Do I have to re-install the OS again to get a striped set.
Cheers
Willbesoon
December 18th, 2010 7:23pm
The disadvantage of RAID 1 is that unlike striping, a mirrored array can use only half of its total free space for storage, since one disk is an exact duplicate of the other.
So what size does your RAID show......if it shows total size just under 2 TB you have RAID 0
If it only shows slightly under 1TB you have RAID 1
With RAID 0 the 2 drives are combined into one unit and show as only one but with the size of 2
With RAID 1 you only see and use the one drive since the other is a Mirror of the first and as such you see only the size of the one
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"Willbesoon" wrote in message news:fa0e968d-1e25-44f8-a5de-3ed7d36fc2aa...
I have a new PC build.
10X Blu-Ray BD-R Writer SATA Drive (Black)
Caviar Black 1TB 7200RPM 3.5" SATA 6.0Gbps w/ 64MB Cache (x2) set as raid 0
Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition 3.4GHz AM3 w/ Fan
M4A89GTD-Pro/USB3 AM3 DDR3 SATA6.0 IDE ATI-HD4290 V/A/L DVi/HDMi i1394 ATX
Radeon HD 5970 2GB PCIEx16
sony bravia kdl 32ex600
Corsair XMS3 Dominator TR3X6G1600C8D
The HD's are set up as raid 0 in bios.
When I look at properties / drivers in Admin Tools they register as RAid 0 drivers. In Disk manager they show up as 1 drive ( not Raid 0 ), dynamic and a performance rateing of 5.6.
Do I have to re-install the OS again to get a striped set.
Cheers
Willbesoon
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December 18th, 2010 9:32pm
On Sun, 19 Dec 2010 00:16:46 +0000, Willbesoon wrote:
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>I have a new PC build.
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>10X Blu-Ray BD-R Writer SATA Drive (Black)
>Caviar Black 1TB 7200RPM 3.5" SATA 6.0Gbps w/ 64MB Cache (x2) set as raid 0
>Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition 3.4GHz AM3 w/ Fan
>M4A89GTD-Pro/USB3 AM3 DDR3 SATA6.0 IDE ATI-HD4290 V/A/L DVi/HDMi i1394 ATX
>Radeon HD 5970 2GB PCIEx16
>sony bravia kdl 32ex600
>Corsair XMS3 Dominator TR3X6G1600C8D
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>The HD's are set up as raid 0 in bios.
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>When I look at properties / drivers in Admin Tools they register as RAid 0 drivers. In Disk manager they show up as 1 drive ( not Raid 0 ), dynamic and a performance rateing of 5.6.
>
What size disk is showing in Disk Manager?
Ron
December 18th, 2010 10:48pm
1.8 tb
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December 21st, 2010 1:12pm
If you have two physical drives of 1 TB each, showing as a single drive of 1.8 TB, then it IS RAID 0Ron
December 21st, 2010 3:46pm