installing vista sata 2 / ide link raid

[ian5661uk]

hi

if i installed windows vista on a sata 2 harddrive and a normal ide harddrive on a raid install would that give me faster performance(ie.. faster boot time and tasks) than if i was just to install vista on a single sata 2 drive??????

 

[wahnula]

I think what you're asking is if a SATA II drive would perform equally/better/worse than a RAID IDE array?

Depends on a lot of factors, like what type of RAID (0, 1, 5) you will be using and the age/make/model/size of the drives.

This would make a good learning experiment. Create a RAID 0 IDE set and install the OS, then benchmark the HDD using a tool like SiSoft Sandra or HDTach. Then disconnect the IDE drives and install to SATA II. Run the same tests, and keep whichever is faster.

Tony

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