Question about sata and raid

[TravisaKaBiggie]

I hear the terms Raid 0 and raid 1, can someone explain this to me? I know it has somethin to do with hard drives. I just bought 2 hard drives, a 74gb raptor (will install windows on this) and a 36gb raptor for storage, Is there any certain way to make one drive faster than the other or what? this is the motherboard i just purchased, i am gettin a e6600 soon.

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[turtile]

RAID 0 uses two drives at the same time to get theorectically twice the speed.

RAID 1 writes the same data on both discs @ the same time. So if one drive fails, the other will reatain all the data.

 

[markkleb]

If you are going to use Raid0 (cause its faster) you need 2 or more of the same HDDs.
If you use 2 different HDDs it will make them both the size of the smaller one.

I use 4 HDDs in a Raid0(sometimes3) and its much faster(in some stuff) but if 1 messes up they all mess up.
Not a prob for me because I will just reformat and start over...I have been using Raid for quite a while and never had a problem yet.

Other things I have learned Sata2 is faster than Sata1(Raptors are Sata1)My 4 Hitachi Sata2 in Raid0 beat the heck out of 2 Raptors in Raid0(my 4 Hitachis cost $170)

16mb buffer HDDs are faster than 8mb buffer HDDs.

If you are gonna use Raptors(very good HDDs) make sure they have good air circulation as they run hotter (10,000 RPM)

 

[TravisaKaBiggie]

how do i make them run in raid 0 and raid 1?

 

[turtile]

You need to have a RAID controller (most motherboards have them onboard) - then set it up in the BIOS.