Adding Raid 0 to a Existing System.

[kwjorders]

Hey I just had a quick question about raid 0. I have an existing custom pc which has 1 ssd with windows 7 64 bit on it and a 2 TB hard drive with my programs and data on it. I was wondering if it is possible to take the data on my ssd drive and set up another ssd drive in raid 0 with it and if it is possible to keep my operating system data on the new ssd raid 0 setup. I have no idea if this is possible or if it is possible but very difficult any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!!!

 

[ahnilated]

I am not sure if a clone would even work doing that but it might. If you can clone the single drive off somewhere and then clone it back to the raid 0 after it is setup.

 

[ronintexas]

I would recommend not to setup any desktop drives in RAID unless it is absolutely necessary. With each drive added to a RAID system, you increase the chance of total loss of data (2 drives are twice as likely to fail, 3 drives are three times as like to fail, etc). The only reason to use RAID 0 or JBOD is for instances that demand a single drive location for all files (i.e. Windows Media Center only allows for a single drive for recording).

 

[USAFRet]

With SSD, you'll gain very, very little if anything with a RAID 0 except complexity and failure potential.
Just run them as two discreet drives.

 

[Ijack]

You might want to read this article before getting into the details of whether it is possible: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-raid-benchmark,3485.html

As has already been said, just run them as two drives. Better still, sell them and buy one bigger drive, which will probably have better performance than the small drives.

 

[ahnilated]

2 SSD's in a raid 0 give you great throughput if you are doing very large files. Past that they are only good for bragging, I can attest to that. I am getting over 1G/s transfer rates on my setup.

 

[popatim]

it wouldnt work anyways.
1: your current installation is using the wrong drivers, you would need to switch it to use raid drivers (which isnt a huge deal)
2: and then do the image on a per file, not sector based. (again, not a big issue)
3: Finally, I have yet to find a utility that can restore to a motherbd raid set. (thats the real problem)

 

[ahnilated]

3: Finally, I have yet to find a utility that can restore to a motherbd raid set. (thats the real problem)

That is going to be the issue ^^

 

[manofice1978]

it wouldnt work anyways.
1: your current installation is using the wrong drivers, you would need to switch it to use raid drivers (which isnt a huge deal)
2: and then do the image on a per file, not sector based. (again, not a big issue)
3: Finally, I have yet to find a utility that can restore to a motherbd raid set. (thats the real problem)

look at macrium reflect it can pretty much restore to anything