RAID config easy question

[camieabz]

Here's an easy one if you know and not if you don't.

When stting up my two HDDs in RAID 0, do I put them on seperate channels as master, or the same channel as master & slave? Does it matter?

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[FatBurger]

You can do it either way, but the way to get best performance is to set them both as master and put them in separate channels.

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[Guest]

Te entire purpose of RAID 0 is to have all the drives sending data simultaneously. A master and a slave cannot work at the same time. I guess this is your answer.

Leo

 

[FatBurger]

No, it'll work, but at a lower performance. How can you do 4 drives in a RAID 0 if you can't do master/slave?

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[camieabz]

When you put it like that, is seems obvious with hindsight.

Cheers!

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[Guest]

Well, yes, it will work. But yes, with much lower performance. I would argue that setting up a RAID array of more than two drives on a controller that has only two IDE channels is a waste. Wanna go serious RAID? Purchase a serious RAID controller then. Something like Escalade.

Leo

 

[FatBurger]

Or how about a few Cheetah x15's on a real RAID?

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[Guest]

Even better.

Leo