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2 very easy questions about SATA and RAID 0
Okay I have an ASUS P4P800 mobo and it has the option of using a RAID 0 configuration as long as you use the SATA interface. Here are the questions:
I'm building the computer from the ground up, is it easy to just plug in the primary HDD via SATA interface like it is with the ATA interface? Is there something i'm going to have to do with the BIOS? (I don't even have a video card in this PC yet, so I really haven't had a chance to check out the BIOS for such an option)
and finally,
I am planning on getting just 1 SATA HDD for right now, but later on I want to implement RAID 0, is it pretty easy to configure RAID once I get the second HDD down the road sometime?
Sorry about the stupid questions but I have no experience with RAID or SATA.
I'm building the computer from the ground up, is it easy to just plug in the primary HDD via SATA interface like it is with the ATA interface? Is there something i'm going to have to do with the BIOS? (I don't even have a video card in this PC yet, so I really haven't had a chance to check out the BIOS for such an option)
and finally,
I am planning on getting just 1 SATA HDD for right now, but later on I want to implement RAID 0, is it pretty easy to configure RAID once I get the second HDD down the road sometime?
Sorry about the stupid questions but I have no experience with RAID or SATA.
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Not really....There are Software versions that can act or create a Raid Array, however if you are looking for performance....you will not get it. Plus if for some reason the software gets hosed or the partition that handles the front end part of the software dies or gets corrupted, you will lose the array as well.
And again, you would be in the same boat tho. Since the Software already exists on one drive (unless you plan to do mirroring) it won't be able to stripe it. So even if you did have a software solution, it may have to transfer the data accross both drives in order to create the raid array. So it may take a long time to do so etc.
And again, you would be in the same boat tho. Since the Software already exists on one drive (unless you plan to do mirroring) it won't be able to stripe it. So even if you did have a software solution, it may have to transfer the data accross both drives in order to create the raid array. So it may take a long time to do so etc.
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Well thanks for the info, here is your points man.
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Well thanks for the info, here is your points man.
No prob! If there's anything else you need to know...let me know.
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