So I want to build a RAID

2006-09-26 17:05:58

#1

SealXo: Member; +309|6983

First of all I have 2 questions?

1}My school has a bunch of half broken g3 Towers, and my assistant principal is thinking about dum[ing them to me in the (near?) future. Im wondering if somehow i could RAID the harddrives/

2] How in the f*** do you RAID? I know you put them in a case together and usb them, but how the hell is that? Im reading sites and its full of some MIT termonology.

and finally. If i cant use the harddrives, what can i use? What do you guys use? ect.

2006-09-26 17:11:30

#2

MECtallica: Member; +73|6952|jalalabad

weeeeeeeeee, you got it all wrong

2006-09-26 17:11:43

#3

Uberge: Sigs are for n00bs; +17|6885|Sydney, Australia

you do you want to raid the drives, is there a reason or is it just for practice?

2006-09-26 17:15:30

#4

EricTViking: Yes, I am Queeg; +48|6999|UK

You need either...

1. A motherboard that supports IDE RAID
2. An IDE RAID PCI Card

What are you looking to achieve with RAID, more performance, more space or more reliability?

2006-09-26 17:17:40

#5

SealXo: Member; +309|6983

Preformance and LOTS of space.

2006-09-26 17:30:35

#6

jsnipy: ...; +3,277|6970|...

read this ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redundant_ … dent_disks

2006-09-26 17:30:51

#7

SmackDowN: Member; +5|6917

i think you'd get better result for this searching on google than asking here, cause u gotta fuck around with your bios, etc...

2006-09-26 18:16:40

#8

EricTViking: Yes, I am Queeg; +48|6999|UK

SealXo wrote:
Preformance and LOTS of space.

You need to look at setting up a RAID 0 ( Striped ) Array.

As I said you will need a RAID controller if you don't already have one built into your motherboard.

To setup a striped array you need two HDDs, plug them both into the RAID controller and configure them as a striped array using the RAID BIOS.

Once you have created the array it will appear as a single HDD with a capacity equal to twice the capacity of the smallest drive. It will also perform well as data will be written to both drives at the same time.

2006-09-26 18:24:24

#9

SealXo: Member; +309|6983

Thanks, I understand that, but im also wondering if it will work with old MAC HDD's on a Windows?

2006-09-26 18:31:54

#10

EricTViking: Yes, I am Queeg; +48|6999|UK

SealXo wrote:
Thanks, I understand that, but im also wondering if it will work with old MAC HDD's on a Windows?

Won't be a problem.

The only thing I'd say is that you would probably get more space and performance by using a single modern SATA HDD, than by using an array of old IDE HDDs.

2006-09-26 23:38:34

#11

kylef: Gone; +1,352|6941|N. Ireland

If you've got a LOT of hard drives, you could consider RAID 5 assuming your motherboard accepts it. Otherwise RAID 0 or 1.

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