On Tue, 7 Sep 2004 13:27:48 +0200, Svein Arild Haugum wrote: >Yes they will be accumelated. Thx. >But remember, if one drive dies, all your data is lost. (unless you >backup the data) Know it. It's only a test-rig, running a P133... 8-) Has anyone had any experience with software raid á la Microsoft? Good? Bad? Middle way? >-----Opprinnelig melding----- >Fra: Sorin Srbu [mailto:Sorin.Srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] >Sendt: 7. september 2004 12:59 >Til: Windows2000 Mailing List >Emne: [windows2000] Slightly OT: Software RAID with win2k/xp pro > >Hi all, > >I'm fiddling with a raid test over here, with some really ancient >hardware. > >Basics: >* 4x harddrives; 428M, 421M, 540M and 540M respectively. >* Win2k pro sp4 > > >Question: >If I make them all dynamic disks, and build a simple stripe set >(non-redundant = RAID 0?), will all the space be accumulated to a >single big array (428M + 421M + 540M +540M = 1929M), or will the >smallest drive decide the final size (4 x 421=1684M)? > >Not that the difference is that big (about 300M)... But I was >thinking for later, uhhh..., experiments, where way bigger drives >will be used. BW, Sorin > Sorin Srbu, Systems Engineer Web: http://www.farmfak.uu.se/organisk/ > Dept of Medicinal Chemistry, Phone: +46 (0)18-4714482 >> 3 signals > >> GSM > Div of Org Pharm Chem, Mobile Phone: +46 (0)701-718023 > Box 574, Uppsala University, Fax: +46 (0)18-4714474 > SE-751 23 Uppsala, Sweden Visit: BMC, Husargatan 3, D5:512b > > Public PGP key available on request. > > () ASCII ribbon campaign - Against html E-mail > /\ > > Harmless tagline follows: > > BOFH excuse follows: Interference between the keyboard and the chair. ******************************************************** This Weeks Sponsor StressedPuppy.com Games Feeling stressed out? Check out our games to relieve your stress. http://www.StressedPuppy.com ******************************************************** To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm