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Nofinger
27th September 2001, 18:13
I have a IBM 20GB and a Maxtor 20.4GB, can I use this combo in raid 0 or 1 ??
Or isn't it advisable because the are different HD's?

(I found my bill of purchase from my other drive wich crased and had it replaced, wouldn't swop for MB :( )
MikeTimbers
28th September 2001, 03:19
Yes, you can but your raid 1 would be the size of the smaller drive. Raid 0 would be twice the size of your smallest drive.
Rizzo
28th September 2001, 03:29
Which is best for general Windows use and gaming, RAID 1 or RAID 0.
MikeTimbers
28th September 2001, 06:36
RAID 1 protects your data against individual disk failure since the two disks are identical. They do not protect against software-caused filesystem corruption or user error. If you delete something it wis deleted from both disks.

RAID 0 (assuming the two disks are on independent IDE channels) is like having a bigger drive with twice the disk transfer speed. If however something goes wrong with either disk, you will lose the entire contents of both disks!

To be honest, RAID 0 provides little benefit over carefully thought out filesystems.

e.g.

Disk 0

OS, Program files

Disk 1

Swap file (shouldn't be used but you need it anyway)
Data


My own personal setup:

Disk 0 (30GB)
C Drive (10GB, NTFS)
OS, Program Files

F Drive (20GB, NTFS)
Data

Disk 1

D Drive (30GB, FAT32)
Stores temporary data
Used for storing Ghost images (Norton Ghost) of C drive (monthly) and Ghost images (weekly) of F drive.

If disk 0 fails, I can restore to a new disk in less than one hour, with no re-installs and minimal data loss.
Nofinger
28th September 2001, 15:30
so if I understand you correct I better can put my other drive as master on second ide channel and use it like Every other drive and make weekly/monthly backups to that:D
MikeTimbers
28th September 2001, 17:32
Yes. Get Ghost which creates image files. Or just copy important files to a spare drive. Whatever works for you.

IME, RAID with IDE drives is a waste of time. YMMV.
Nofinger
28th September 2001, 23:26
Originally posted by MikeTimbers
Yes. Get Ghost which creates image files. Or just copy important files to a spare drive. Whatever works for you.

IME, RAID with IDE drives is a waste of time. YMMV.

Thanks for your Advise:cool: