RAID question

Goped79 · 04-25-2007, 09:07 PM

i have 2 80GB hard drives that arent in a RAID. i want to have them in a RAID 0 and i buy a 160GB to back up both drives. is this possible? alos both drives are IDE. can i have a RAID with IDE?

Sora · 04-25-2007, 09:24 PM

so wait....you want to set the 2 80GB on raid...and then set another RAID up to back up the RAID array you just created?

I believe that your going to want RAID 0 with the 2 80gb for nice performance and then RAID 1 backing up the Array you have just created. I don't know too much about RAID though and this is just a guess.

Yes RAID work with IDE...it was created years ago before SATA

Goped79 · 04-25-2007, 09:30 PM

also will it work if i hate the 2 IDE hard drives and 1 160GB SATA backing up the other two?

Sora · 04-25-2007, 09:36 PM

It should work just fine...Your going to want to do RAID 0 and give increased performance and 160GB with the two 80GB's and then use your 160GB you have and set up RAID 1 on that ARRAY however as I said I'm not very good with RAID and have never done it therefore I don't know if that's how you would go about it.

It may be RAID 0+1 actually but I don't know....

fade2black2004 · 04-25-2007, 09:38 PM

its called RAID 10
well at least im pretty sure it is lol

Sora · 04-25-2007, 09:42 PM

Raid 1+0 which is 10 needs 4 disk minimum as I have just read. It may just be an instance of RAID 0 and then another of RAID 1 like I said but I'm not sure... It's possible that you may not be able to have performance increase and fault protection without at least 4 disks....not sure though.

saltynay · 04-25-2007, 10:36 PM

I could swear raid0+1 or raid 5 is what you want to do not raid 10 if you raid 5 them then it will back itself up and allow you to use 80gb of the 160.

Matt

04-25-2007, 09:07 PM	#1 (permalink)
Goped79 Newb Techie Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 34	RAID question i have 2 80GB hard drives that arent in a RAID. i want to have them in a RAID 0 and i buy a 160GB to back up both drives. is this possible? alos both drives are IDE. can i have a RAID with IDE?

04-25-2007, 09:24 PM	#2 (permalink)
Sora Renowned Budgeting Master Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Uniontown, PA Posts: 4,122	Re: RAID question so wait....you want to set the 2 80GB on raid...and then set another RAID up to back up the RAID array you just created? I believe that your going to want RAID 0 with the 2 80gb for nice performance and then RAID 1 backing up the Array you have just created. I don't know too much about RAID though and this is just a guess. Yes RAID work with IDE...it was created years ago before SATA __________________ E6300 w/ Arctic Freezer Pro 7 @ 3.6ghz 1.4Vcore Antec 900 Case EVGA 750i FTW Mobo 2x1GB of DDR2-533 D9GMH Team Xtreme 4-4-4-12 @ 1030mhz 2.2v Gigabyte 8800GT 720/1800/1050 (eventually will SLI when they go down in price) Hanns G 19" Wide 5MS LCD 1 250GB WD and 1 Seagate 7200.10 in RAID 0 Corsair 520HX 3DMark06 Score: 13900

04-25-2007, 09:30 PM	#3 (permalink)
Goped79 Newb Techie Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 34	Re: RAID question also will it work if i hate the 2 IDE hard drives and 1 160GB SATA backing up the other two?

04-25-2007, 09:36 PM	#4 (permalink)
Sora Renowned Budgeting Master Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Uniontown, PA Posts: 4,122	Re: RAID question It should work just fine...Your going to want to do RAID 0 and give increased performance and 160GB with the two 80GB's and then use your 160GB you have and set up RAID 1 on that ARRAY however as I said I'm not very good with RAID and have never done it therefore I don't know if that's how you would go about it. It may be RAID 0+1 actually but I don't know.... __________________ E6300 w/ Arctic Freezer Pro 7 @ 3.6ghz 1.4Vcore Antec 900 Case EVGA 750i FTW Mobo 2x1GB of DDR2-533 D9GMH Team Xtreme 4-4-4-12 @ 1030mhz 2.2v Gigabyte 8800GT 720/1800/1050 (eventually will SLI when they go down in price) Hanns G 19" Wide 5MS LCD 1 250GB WD and 1 Seagate 7200.10 in RAID 0 Corsair 520HX 3DMark06 Score: 13900

04-25-2007, 09:38 PM	#5 (permalink)
fade2black2004 Console Gamer Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 2,632	Re: RAID question its called RAID 10 well at least im pretty sure it is lol __________________ http://www.tech-forums.net/pc/f40/my...9/#post1478568

04-25-2007, 09:42 PM	#6 (permalink)
Sora Renowned Budgeting Master Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Uniontown, PA Posts: 4,122	Re: RAID question Raid 1+0 which is 10 needs 4 disk minimum as I have just read. It may just be an instance of RAID 0 and then another of RAID 1 like I said but I'm not sure... It's possible that you may not be able to have performance increase and fault protection without at least 4 disks....not sure though. __________________ E6300 w/ Arctic Freezer Pro 7 @ 3.6ghz 1.4Vcore Antec 900 Case EVGA 750i FTW Mobo 2x1GB of DDR2-533 D9GMH Team Xtreme 4-4-4-12 @ 1030mhz 2.2v Gigabyte 8800GT 720/1800/1050 (eventually will SLI when they go down in price) Hanns G 19" Wide 5MS LCD 1 250GB WD and 1 Seagate 7200.10 in RAID 0 Corsair 520HX 3DMark06 Score: 13900

04-25-2007, 10:36 PM	#7 (permalink)
saltynay Master Techie Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 2,567	Re: RAID question I could swear raid0+1 or raid 5 is what you want to do not raid 10 if you raid 5 them then it will back itself up and allow you to use 80gb of the 160. Matt __________________ Raid info: http://www.acnc.com/04_00.html Monitor management: http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/overview/ Linux distro's: http://distrowatch.com/

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