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This mite seem like stupid questions , but considering the fact that I am a newbie too the computing feild, and have little know how, I am forced too ask these questions. And I am very satisfied with the results from this website!!!!!.
1. What is the advantage too having a raid array vs a typical IDE setup.?
2. I have a ASUS A7N8X Deluxe. What would be the prformance gains (generalizations) if any?
3. With 2 hard drives @ 80 Gigs ea. What would be the amount of storage lost too this configuration ?
4. What does a 0\1 stand for in a raid description?
One reason That I am asking such questions is I had asked the person whom had built my first system and my questions were never awnsered( except when hounded) over a span of several weeks and the awnser was" I would loose a considerable amount of diskspace, therefore it would not be too my benifit to configure raid." After dealing with such a person I finally decided that with the know how I have,(And help from resources such as this site over the internet ) it would be benificial for me too dump him and build my own. And so far so good, No problems as of yet!!!!!!! . Just questions. Thank for your help in advance!!!!!!!!!.
1. What is the advantage too having a raid array vs a typical IDE setup.?
2. I have a ASUS A7N8X Deluxe. What would be the prformance gains (generalizations) if any?
3. With 2 hard drives @ 80 Gigs ea. What would be the amount of storage lost too this configuration ?
4. What does a 0\1 stand for in a raid description?
One reason That I am asking such questions is I had asked the person whom had built my first system and my questions were never awnsered( except when hounded) over a span of several weeks and the awnser was" I would loose a considerable amount of diskspace, therefore it would not be too my benifit to configure raid." After dealing with such a person I finally decided that with the know how I have,(And help from resources such as this site over the internet ) it would be benificial for me too dump him and build my own. And so far so good, No problems as of yet!!!!!!! . Just questions. Thank for your help in advance!!!!!!!!!.
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Thank you both very much, I have come too understand that this board function is absolutely useless to me, LOL. And thanx for the link it was a great help. I have now come to understand the only value this will have is probably to my sons gaming applications. Thanx again Bobber.
You're very welcome bobber ;)
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Raid 0 doesn't amount in lost storage, so you get 160GB as 1 disk. this is often used for video applications where you need a lot of throughput and the filesize is big.
Raid 1, another name for this raid system is "disk-mirroring", that may be easier to understand...
The mainboard itself isn't relevant.