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Commissar Aidz

Mon Sep 29 2008, 06:30pm

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seagate barracudas SATA 2 32 MB cache

alf_ppp

Mon Sep 29 2008, 08:51pm

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They're quite fast. Good choice

Gizzy

Mon Sep 29 2008, 11:19pm

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Dont forget that in that set-up you'll still only have the storage capacity of 1 drive, ie 640MB (unless my RAID memory fails me, which is possible as I havent used them in quite some time)

Depending on what your building for you might want to also consider a dedicated network processing card to further reduce load on the CPU.

Really dumb thing is my Amiga 500 had all these features back in 1989. Funy how things work out.

atomicali

Tue Sep 30 2008, 12:36am

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Assuming 2 dirves only
Raid0= drive capacity added together, so 640x2= 1.2Gb with these drives.
Raid1= capacity of one drive only.
So 640Gb is all you will have with these 2 drives in raid1.

Gizzy

Tue Sep 30 2008, 02:45am

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he said he was only getting 2 drives.

It also depends what he wants, RAID0 will improve performance, but if one drive fails he looses the lot.

RAID1 will give some form of surety but at the cost of capacity.

Gizzy

Tue Sep 30 2008, 02:53am

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atomicali wrote ...

Just a note Fitters. raid1 is not a backup
Yes it can provide redundancy but it should never ever take the place of a backup.
Your solution is better (I use Acronis to make OS and data images) but important data should always be backed up off the PC and preferably off site as well.
Multiple copies are also a good idea.
So if the PC explodes, gets stolen or the like at least you have your important documents saved for recovery.

OK now that my PC archtecture has been dusted off. RAID1 is a backup solution on the proviso that only one disk fails, It is akin to an on-site backup.

If your speaking from a true disaster recovery perspective then you want another copy of your data on a secure stable device (like tape) stored away from the original data source.

Ali is correct from the prespective that if your machine suffers a total loss (ie, the whole thing goes up in flames or get stolen) then RAID1 or any RAID (for the later scenario) is not going to help you.

Commissar Aidz

Tue Sep 30 2008, 06:55am

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i think now that i mught just put them in normally and have 2 seperate drives. untill i get a new mobo (whole rig) then i might have complications down the line when i switch over.

Commissar Aidz

Tue Sep 30 2008, 06:56am

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is there any way to transfer files (system files in particular) from one HD to another while keeping the same drive path, as the old version is going to be redundant and thus removed ??????

atomicali

Tue Sep 30 2008, 07:43am

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So you want to replace your original boot OS drive with a new drive?
Easy to do.
Use a disk imaging programme.
Best way to do it and save any mistakes is as follows.

Disconnect all hard drives in your case to prevent wiping the wrong drive.
Remove the old drive and fit the new one, hooking it up to the port controller you want the OS boot drive to be on. Hook up the old drive in a higher numbered port so it will be seen later by the bios. This prevents wrong drive letter assignments and wiping a data drive by mistake.

Boot with a drive imaging cd/dvd and image the old drive to the new drive.
Remove the old drive and boot in to windows. Let it detect the new drive, then shut down and connect up all your data drives. Bit of a long winded way of doing it but I once imaged from my old OS drive to one of my data drives by mistake, wiping out a load of game install folders and tv shows.

For imaging I use Acronis Trueimage or Paragon DriveImage, but the free DriveImage XMl is supposed to work well, so could be worth trying that.
http://www.runtime.org/driveimage-xml.htm

http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/

http://www.paragon-software.com/home/db-personal/

Commissar Aidz

Tue Sep 30 2008, 10:50am

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looks confusing, got as couple of days before i need to though.
swapping from IDE to SATA how would that effect different numbered ports ??

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