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Old 11-28-2005, 10:46 AM   #1
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3 Hard drive question.

Can I have 2 hard drives set up in RAID 0 and another drive separate? For instance, I want 2 wd raptors running in raid config and another larger drive running separately for storage.
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Old 11-28-2005, 10:55 AM   #2
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You should be able to do that with no problems (depending on your mobo support). I am getting ready to do the same thing on my PC, not to gain speed but to gain some storage.
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Old 11-28-2005, 11:33 AM   #3
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Yes, you can do that...but are you sure you want to run RAID0? Performance difference between non-RAID0 and RAID0 is pretty small.

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Yes, you can do that...but are you sure you want to run RAID0? Performance difference between non-RAID0 and RAID0 is pretty small.

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Really? I was under the impression that using raid was going to speed things up. So if I go with just setting up 1 larger (fast) drive and a separate (storage) drive I'll be fine. And I know if using raid 0 if one drive goes then your data is corrupted right?
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And I know if using raid 0 if one drive goes then your data is corrupted right?
Not corrupted, unusable...it's gone.

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Wow! Thanks
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