Phil Stanbridge
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Does anyone know exactly how the Nvidia raid array works? I've striped two raptors, and they are exceptionally fast - but if one drive fails will the other continue to boot or will you lose both or what? Just curious.
Nvidia Raid array anyone?
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nick25
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If one fails you'll loose all data until you reinstall on the remaining raptor.
Are these the new 150GB raptors Phil?
Are these the new 150GB raptors Phil?
AstralWanderer
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Depends on the RAID level selected - if striped (level 0) then as Nick25 has said, any drive failure will mean lost data. Higher levels give varying elements of redundancy, the best allowing for a faulty drive to be replaced and data rebuilt in the background while the array is still in use.
See Wikipedia: RAID for more info.
See Wikipedia: RAID for more info.
Phil Stanbridge
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Thats fine thanks for the explanation but does anyone know what the standard RAID array offers that is available via the Nvidia Chipset.
Nick, does that mean that data stored on the disk will still be accessible once windows has been reinstalled (unless of course the drives are formatted)., and yes they are the new 150's - very nice indeed!
Nick, does that mean that data stored on the disk will still be accessible once windows has been reinstalled (unless of course the drives are formatted)., and yes they are the new 150's - very nice indeed!
maverik-sg1
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Striped = If one goes down then its a re-install (when you replace the broken drive) - but you maintain 2x150GB capacity.
Mirrored = disk 2 is a copy of disk one - so if one goes down your covered and you can just copy over the other drive when it's replaced but carry on working as usual. Downside is that although you are using two 150GB drives, you only have the storage capacity of one.
CPC did a full article on RAID early last year IIRC.
Isn't there another standard you can use if you have 3 drives?
Mate I am desperate to see your HDTECH scores with these babies
Mirrored = disk 2 is a copy of disk one - so if one goes down your covered and you can just copy over the other drive when it's replaced but carry on working as usual. Downside is that although you are using two 150GB drives, you only have the storage capacity of one.
CPC did a full article on RAID early last year IIRC.
Isn't there another standard you can use if you have 3 drives?
Mate I am desperate to see your HDTECH scores with these babies
jellybeard999
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Raid 5 is the best if the data is important 
but needs 3 drives ... its like Raid0, but with redundancy... only slightly slower
If its just windows and games (as in my case) i can afford to lose the data, so just go for Raid0
but needs 3 drives ... its like Raid0, but with redundancy... only slightly slowerIf its just windows and games (as in my case) i can afford to lose the data, so just go for Raid0
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nick25
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Phil Stanbridge said:
I'm pretty sure the data will be corrupt. If you want security then do as Jelly says and add a third raptors for raid5. If its just a gaming rig though I doubt the data is that important, if you have an image utility that works with raid just use that to back up every so often.
Phil Stanbridge
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ahhh so simple but so perfect!
