[windows2000] Re: Raid5 on WinXP
- From: "Sorin Srbu" <sorin.srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:14:51 +0200
Not WinXP per se, but the D: drive. I use it for various non-critical
temporary backups, pst-files, VM:s, ISO images and various other junk. Raid0
is good and fast, but I'd prefer raid5 to get at least some protection. It's
a good trade off speed vs protection IMHO.
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/Sorin
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>From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:windows2000-
>bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Phillip Newberry
>Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 4:49 PM
>To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [windows2000] Re: Raid5 on WinXP
>
>First thing that comes to mind...is why would anyone put Windows XP... on
RAID 5.
>
>
>
>Phil Newberry
>Network Engineer
>MCSE, MCP+IIS, CNA, CCNA, CET
>
>Your destiny is a direct result of your effort.
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>--- On Tue, 6/16/09, Berny Stapleton <berny@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
>
> From: Berny Stapleton <berny@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [windows2000] Re: Raid5 on WinXP
> To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Tuesday, June 16, 2009, 10:43 AM
>
>
> Use Azureus to download Linux and use Linux disk management.
>Aside from that, go out spend the money and buy an Adaptec or highpoint
RAID
>controller and be done with it.
>
>
> 2009/6/16 Sorin Srbu <sorin.srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
><http://us.mc336.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=sorin.srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >
>
>
> Situation: Have 5x 160GB hard drives currently in a raid0
>configuration, and
> getting occasional errors with Azureus. Motherboard has
>six SATA-connectors
> and a built-in raid chip from Silicon Image able to handle
>max four disks.
> Mobo also has a Nvraid-chip, max four disks here too.
>But one can only use
> either the Silicon Image chip *or* the Nvraid, which limits
>me to a four-disk
> raid array at the max.
>
> Solution (or so I though): Deleting the raid0 array and let
>WinXP handle a
> software raid5 array with five disks.
>
> New situation. WinXP doesn't allow for a software raid5
>array... WinXP is
> basically limited to raid0 and jbod only. Only Windows
>2000 Server and up does
> raid5 out of the box. 8-/
>
> New solution: Checking for SATA raid controllers with
>more than four
> connectors.
>
> New situation: SATA raid controllers with more than four
>connectors are hugely
> expensive! Therefore this is a no-go for now.
>
> Guys, are there any other solutions I might look into that
>aren't too pricey?
> Like preferably within the ?100 range? And the week has
>just about started...
> 8-}
>
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