Raid 0 system 1

[Joey129]

Hello all,

I'm starting to buy all the componets for a new computer system and am new to this all. I've been reading so many thing on whether Raid 0 works with XP or not..

So I was wondering if anyone has some pointers. What Raid control if any can talk with XP? things like that.

Thanks

Joey

 

[maward]

Raid works with any OS.

 

[maultier]

You should note that there are software raid and hardware raid configurations. Hardware Raid is by far the best way to go. Hardware raid is supported on most os's. Software Raid support varies by op sys. I'd suggest going with a raid capable controller if you intend to use Raid. Raid 0 allows you to combine multiple physical disks into a single volume. If you are more interested in speed than protecting data, Raid 0 is the one to choose. Raid 1 is mirroring, Raid 3 and 5 use parity written to the drives to recover a failed drive.
Good luck.

 

[nlm9802]

onboard raid is appearing on more and more motherboards lately..

the board I am using is an Asus P4C800-e deluxe. 2 80 GB Western Digital 7200 rpm IDE drives in raid 0 for games/movies/etc, and a 40GB WD 7200 rpm IDE for the OS (on IDE0)
you can save some $$ by going with a good motherboard, vs buying a sound card, a raid controller, a NIC, etc.

 

[Joey129]

Ok so given that I get a motherboard that has a built-in raid controller.

Should I get a IDE drive for the OS and then store everything on the Raid drives?

or would it be better to have everything on the Raid drives?

Also if I use windows XP i have been reading that you should install the raid drivers and the Sata drivers before installing XP. Is that more or less the procedure for this?

Thanks again

Joey

 

[maward]

Yes. When installing setup will prompt for the raid drivers during setup-providing you installed the raid card or enabled software raid in the bios.

 

[Freestone]

Be sure you understand that RAID 0 is not fault tolerant. A failure on one drive results in loss of all data.

Here's a site I just found that shows the various flavors of RAID in an easy fashion:

http://www.acnc.com/04_01_00.html