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Lead3 · 04-25-2008, 01:10 PM

With a RAID 1 array , there is only one drive as far as the computer is concerned. There is no way to see each drive individually as long as the array is together, however you are seeing what is on both drives since they are mirrored. The system uses it as a single drive. Only the technical read write is differenc from a normal single drive. With the array, the system can read data from both drives individually which speeds up reads but must wite to both to keep the mirror.

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Lead3 Hardware Tech Team Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Florida, USA Posts: 884 OS: 98SE,2000,XP SP3,VISTA SP1	Re: Raid mirroring Viewing both HDD in windows explorer With a RAID 1 array , there is only one drive as far as the computer is concerned. There is no way to see each drive individually as long as the array is together, however you are seeing what is on both drives since they are mirrored. The system uses it as a single drive. Only the technical read write is differenc from a normal single drive. With the array, the system can read data from both drives individually which speeds up reads but must wite to both to keep the mirror. __________________ Last edited by Lead3 : 04-25-2008 at 01:11 PM.