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Wcross Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-06-07 08:17 PM
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Calling all computer nerds- raid drive question?
I just installed a raid drive array on my computer. It is a raid 0- striping mode. I am using a nvidia raid controller. Each drive is 74 gigabytes and it raises a question. Should windows display the raid drive as 74 gigabytes or twice that?
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-06-07 08:23 PM
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1. I believe it should be twice that
RAID 0 is for performance, not redundancy.
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Wcross Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-06-07 08:52 PM
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3. Thanks pokerfan!
I wasn't sure what the drive space should be. I am showing the total for both drives so it seems like it is right. I appreciate the help.
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-06-07 08:25 PM
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2.  should be about 140GB
they're both two new drives, and do show up in the bios as such right?
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Wcross Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-06-07 08:55 PM
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4. Thanks DS1, it looks like it is working.
Yes, they are both new identical drives. I just wasn't sure if it should show the total of both (which it does) or just the total of each drive.
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-06-07 09:02 PM
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5. just remember, if one of those drives 'goes'
you lose everything

frequent backups to DVD are wise
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Wcross Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-06-07 10:49 PM
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6. I am just using it for gaming.
My main drive is backed up regularly.
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