HowLowCanYaGo

Hey all,

My new build will be done next week (awaiting q9550 arrival)- I've never had any experience with RAID setups so I'm new to how it all works. Anyway, I plan on using the P5Q's onboard controller and here is my theoretical setup:

- 2 identical WD 640gb raptors with dual partitions


PARTITION #1 will be RAID 0 - the "**** you can lose" setup, mainly for the OS, and apps.

PARTITION #2 will be RAID 1 - utilizing raid 1 for storage use only.

Will this work? Opinions/suggestions?

7hm

If i understand correctly what you're asking you cant partion a drive to work in a different type of raid, however if you want PERFORMANCE go with raid 0 64kb or 128kb block and best part of raid 0 is its fast as hell and 640 x2 = 1280GB minus the os ect

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HowLowCanYaGo

Hmm, so no partitions + seperate RAIDs. Bummer. Thanks for the suggestion + REP

x2s3w4

When you build the array you will decide either RAID 0 or 1. Then you will install the OS on it. I don't think you can make part of the drive 1 form of RAID and another part a different RAID. You would have to build 2 different arrays and 1 would cancel out the other. Not totally positive, but pretty sure.
Your manual has a great section on how to set up a RAID array. It has all the screens you will see when setting it up. I'd suggest that's where you should start.

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HowLowCanYaGo

Agreed the manual is nice. I've looked it over numerous times. But, I've been mulling this idea over because someone suggested it. Unknowingly, I assumed it was possible. +REP

Mr Bear

Pick up a 1.5TB hdd and run raid 0+1

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Fitzbane

I would probably run the Raid0 on the two 640gb drives, then when you have the money buy another drive for storage, or do what I did, and use your old drives for backup.

Im using my two old 160gb drives for backup while I wait for money to buy another 640gb for storage. I prefer using an extra drive to a RAID1 setup for the following two reasons.

1- If you delete something..its deleted on both drives. If I were to accidentally delete something and need it later, it will be on my backup drive (documents/music/video etc.) In a raid this file will just be deleted twice.
2-System errors due to virus/worm whatever will be on both drives.

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