question about raid 0

[gordonie]

If i got 120g of ssd and 1 tb of normal hd, and later i decided to get another 120g ssd to put in raid o, could i move everything off that first ssd and put in the 1 tb hd and raid the two empty ssds that way?

thanks!

 

[kmote]

Yes. Why did you think that might not work?

 

[gordonie]

Someone on another forum had made mention that they needed to both be new or something, just making sure as i am new to all this stuff.

Now do they both have to have absolutely nothing on them? Like if i put my os on that ssd will that have to move over as well?

 

[MindoverMaster]

Both of the drives have to be reformatted to put it in RAID.

You can just use a imaging software. RAID it, apply image.

 

[gordonie]

So is there any special cable or hardware that will make it go through one sata port or is it all software based? if there is a raid 101 thread anywhere that would be great

 

[MindoverMaster]

If your motherboard supports RAID, then you just choose the drives to RAID from the list of available drives. Some F# key to get into the RAID software. Should say it on POST.

If you want to learn about different types of RAID: RAID - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Your board's manual should tell you about how to set RAID.