JBOD Hard Drive Array

[android325]

I built my first PC with an 80 GB hard drive. It is now full of games, video, and music. Can I install an additional hard drive now without wiping everything on the first drive? If so, how? This is a JBOD array, right?

Athlon 64 3400+
1024 MB DDR
80 GB Hard Drive
WinXP SP2

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Thanks!

 

[aj2003]

yea u can add another hard drive no problem. just set it to secondary if its IDE. and ur set. a JBOD is just settin multiple drives of any size to read it as one. it doesnt give any proformance increases. (Just a Bunch of Old Disks)

 

[Him]

Is that what JBOD really stands for?

Man, there are some acronyms, that are just hilarious that they are realy.

POTS, for example: Plain Old Telephone System. It is an accpeted term in the indrstry! acronyms are usually technical and very difficult to understand.

 

[idiotec]

(Just a Bunch of Old Disks)

It doesn't have the "Old" in there

 

[Him]

damn, that is hilarious. I want a JBOD, just so I can say that I have "Just a Bunch Of Disks" in my computer, and be using the exact term for it.

BTW: Idiotec, your avatar is quite menacing.

 

[idiotec]

BTW: Idiotec, your avatar is quite menacing.

LOL, in what way? Don't here that word much outside of comic books and Japanese Anime

 

[Him]

Just look at it man. It's like something out of a nighmare. Seriously, imagine yourself going into a dark room, and turning on the light, only to see that looking at you. I would sh!t myself!

i just realized it blinked... Holy crap. I jumped, I certainly wasnt expecting that.

 

[idiotec]

lol....

 

[Him]

I really dig your rig, you build it? I would hope so, I would have to not like you anymore if you bought it stock.

how much did that setup cost you, approx? Was it easy to OC? Do you think you could easily take your OC higher?

 

[idiotec]

I really dig your rig, you build it? I would hope so, I would have to not like you anymore if you bought it stock.

how much did that setup cost you, approx? Was it easy to OC? Do you think you could easily take your OC higher?

Thanks, yeah I built it.

It was about $1700 for just the box, then another $600 for the monitor.

It has OC'd well IMO, but I am stuck with stock cooling right now. I have bumped it all the way to 4.1GHz prime stable, but it gets hot. I am going to upgrade the cooling at some point, but right now I run it at the 3.7Ghz, 1:1 RAM 24/7 and it is a pretty big boost on performance.