film Posted October 27, 2006 Posted October 27, 2006 Hi, im have just got two 320 GB HDD's and want to set up a raid 1 on them. I have looked at some tutorials about setting it up and they say i would need to have some sor of software to allow me to do this, does anyone know what software i should use and where i can get it from P.S My computer's OS is windows XP Pro Quote
Iain Posted October 27, 2006 Posted October 27, 2006 I've been looking into this myself over the last few days and came across this - http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/393 but I haven't any experience of this (yet!). I'd be interested to know what resources you've been accessing. Quote
Sparda Posted October 28, 2006 Posted October 28, 2006 I have looked at some tutorials about setting it up and they say i would need to have some sor of software to allow me to do this, does anyone know what software i should use and where i can get it from Hardware RAID ftw! Quote
DeGrijze Posted October 28, 2006 Posted October 28, 2006 Hardware RAID Can't live with out it, in al my personal use computers and my personal use serverrack mounted servers are running Raid10. 8) Gerard Quote
film Posted October 28, 2006 Author Posted October 28, 2006 Does any one have any website which show you tutorials on setting up a Hardware raid ? Quote
take it take Posted October 29, 2006 Posted October 29, 2006 Hi, im have just got two 320 GB HDD's and want to set up a raid 1 on them. I have looked at some tutorials about setting it up and they say i would need to have some sor of software to allow me to do this, does anyone know what software i should use and where i can get it from P.S My computer's OS is windows XP Pro What mobo you got? Quote
Iain Posted October 29, 2006 Posted October 29, 2006 Does any one have any website which show you tutorials on setting up a Hardware raid ? Google gave me this - http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?art...=830&page=5 Check out page 6 onwards. It's not very detailed, but it's a start. Quote
film Posted November 1, 2006 Author Posted November 1, 2006 Hi, im have just got two 320 GB HDD's and want to set up a raid 1 on them. I have looked at some tutorials about setting it up and they say i would need to have some sor of software to allow me to do this, does anyone know what software i should use and where i can get it from P.S My computer's OS is windows XP Pro What mobo you got? Is there a way of checking your mobo as i do not have the manual. Also with out using a another programme eg. Sandra ? Quote
Sparda Posted November 1, 2006 Posted November 1, 2006 Is there a way of checking your mobo as i do not have the manual. Also with out using a another programme eg. Sandra ? Find the manual on the Internet... Quote
moonlit Posted November 1, 2006 Posted November 1, 2006 I use Aida32 to gimme the info on the guts of the machine without unscrewing it, works great from my experience, very detailed. Quote
film Posted November 1, 2006 Author Posted November 1, 2006 Is there a way of checking your mobo as i do not have the manual. Also with out using a another programme eg. Sandra ? Find the manual on the Internet... I would but i dont know the model number ... Quote
moonlit Posted November 1, 2006 Posted November 1, 2006 Look on the board itself, the model number is more than likely printed on there. Quote
film Posted November 1, 2006 Author Posted November 1, 2006 Ok thanks for that Aida32 my mobo is : ECS P4S5A Now to see if i can have a raid on it :P Quote
Matt {Undead} Posted November 1, 2006 Posted November 1, 2006 I think everyone, when building a new pc should setup a raid 1 system. Im thinking about doing it myself but im not sure on the performance drain when doing this. Ive had to replace both my hdd's in the past because of bad sectors, i used norton ghost to copy my hdd's doing it manually. Raid 1 would be a good thing when your busy and forget to backup your hdd if you need todo it weekly. Can anyone give me some links on setup guides for raid 1 hardware. My new pc rig will have a 10,000rpm raptor sata2 hdd (150gb) and a 320gb sata2 hdd, so would I have to get another 10k rpm 150gb hdd so they perform at the same speed? Also im planning to setup raid 1 on my servers, would this also change the performance on it even if its a hardware raid setup. Quote
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