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Originally Posted by wiseleo
You should be advised that in the event of disk failure, you will lose data on both parts of the RAID 0 array. RAID 0 is not a suitable solution for a system drive and for crucial data. It's a great solution for temporary data, which is why we use it a lot in gaming and video editing.
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Yes WiseLeo I am aware of the various pitfalls of a RAID 0 environment. I have added backup options on an external MyBook Home and on my other Compaq with a Sil 0860 ATA controller with ATA drive. An Yes I am a Gamer at heart too. In General, I would only recommend RAID setups to people with lots of patience and tech savy. Also the bus speeds of an Intel RAID array are faster than any add on PCI controller thanks to clintfans long winded post in another thread on a similar subject. Thanks Stressfree for the input as well .... more drives means more money. I would be using a SATA controller from intel but one of the ports burned out so I disabled it in the BIOS(NO heat sink on the south bridge chip wow). Then I switched to the IT89212 ATA RAID controller due to the speed boost over regular IDE drives. Now if I can just get SANDRA to detect DMA speeds I will be just peachy(she says PIO mode is speed - error I think).
HD TACH 3.0.4.0 is reporting 72.6MB/s average read,FYI. Also I do have a post going for those of you who think I am hijacking this thread.
its called " 8i945P-G drives in PIO mode " Good night
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