[windows2000] Re: OT: SATA Hard Drives
- From: "Sorin Srbu" <sorin.srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 09:06:02 +0100
windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <> wrote on :
You obnly neeed to convert to dymanic disks those that will be used in the
raid array. The other disks can remain basic disk.
If you have raid support on your mobo, then use that instead! It's bound to
be faster I'd say. In this case I don't think you need to bother with
converting the disks to dynamic disks.
> On Tue, 7 Feb 2006 09:12:09 +0100, "Sorin Srbu" <sorin.srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> took time to say the following:
>
>
>>> I am assuming that the RAID is built in the MB so would that be
>>> considered as hardware?
>>
>> No, they are connected to either the regular PATA-connectors on the mobo
>> and/or the mobo has an extra hd-controller card w/o raid-abilities. I
then
>> use the windows disk manager to first convert the disks to "dynamic"
disks
>> and then create a striped volume set. Done. 8-)
>
> The twio drives I will be RAID'ing would be the two SATA drives. The two
> 80GB drives will stay as they are. So do I need to convert these drivs
> to "dynamic" drives? According to the manual, all I need to do is run
> the RAID setup utility built in the MB and go from there. <shrug>
>
>
>
>
>
>> As in lunix and older windows9x/me? Then probably not, I don't know for
sure
>> though. Other members on this list may know better. The windows software
>> raid is AFAIK only supported on win2k and newer.
>
> XP, W2K and maybe Linux. Since I would be using the built in
> capabilities of the MB, one would "think" there shouldn't be a problem
> with Linux, then again, depending on the distro, sometimes it finds the
> SATA drive BR (Before RAID), sometimes they don't don't. So I don't
> know how it (Linux) would/will react to the RAID setup.
>
>
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