Just want to double check, its my first time with raid, when i ormat the hard drives do i format first then put the raid drivers on, or put the raid drivers on then partition them and that. A bit mroe of an in depth answer than i'm asking for, on the whole raid setup process, would also be much more appreciated. Thanks!
Thanks. When do the drivers come in? After partitioning, before formating? Or after format, before OS install?
Drivers will come into play during OS install...you may need them or may not..depends on OS and HW RAID controller used.
Check your motherboard instructions. I had to create my partition using my raid controller before going into windows install, then as soon as you get to the windows install screen, hit f6 and wait, it will eventually prompt you to put a disk in to install the drivers. After that, you format the drives when installing windows on the partition.
Sweet, cheers for the help guys. I feel enlightened. Anyone got a rough figure for waht i can expect for an increase in load speed (decrease in load times), compared to a singel drive of the same kind? Thanks
None... Load speeds are determined by seek times, which don't increase a single thing... You have just been fooled by the RAID 0 myth... EDIT: if you want faster loads, defrag your disk
Blimey, I was just about to ask the same question on the forums. Think I'll get a freind to do it all though as I have no clue about RAID0 setting up.
At this point, the only thing a stripe array is good for is if you have a bunch of smaller drives and want to have one large drive or partition. There are no discernible speed differences. If you want that, defrag often and/or buy a Raptor.
Alright, might keep it as two seperate 500's, but i do want 3 partitions, so it would make that awkward with sizes, but easier, we'll see eh. Might buy some raptors