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**stressfreesoul** · 07-06-2008, 11:26 AM

What drives are you wanting to RAID? Makes and models help. There are different types of RAID setup, for different uses.
For example...
RAID 0-To speed up disk access across multiple disks aggregated as a single storage device
RAID 1-All data is duplicated on a second disk, if one fails the system carries on as normal
RAID 5-Similar to RAID 0, but with extra 'parity' information inbetween, this information is used to recompile the data if one disk fails. Downside is you need 3 disks for 2 disks worth of data most of the time.

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stressfreesoul Semi-Absent (life, eh?) Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: County Durham UK Posts: 1,852 OS: XP, Win7 RC x64, Ubuntu x64 multiboot My System Blog Entries: 7	Re: Raid? What drives are you wanting to RAID? Makes and models help. There are different types of RAID setup, for different uses. For example... RAID 0-To speed up disk access across multiple disks aggregated as a single storage device RAID 1-All data is duplicated on a second disk, if one fails the system carries on as normal RAID 5-Similar to RAID 0, but with extra 'parity' information inbetween, this information is used to recompile the data if one disk fails. Downside is you need 3 disks for 2 disks worth of data most of the time. __________________ TSF Folding@Home, find out how to do your bit in the fight against Cancer "Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut" xbox Live tag: storiedmedal Warning!! GTA IV addict! Join my game at your peril!