Storage Half RAID

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  1. bricks1997

    bricks1997 512 bit mental interface

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    Is it possible to have a RAID configuration on two IDE drives on the same cable and can I keep my SATA drive separate from the configuration. :wallbash: :worried: :sigh: :duh:
     
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  2. saspro

    saspro IT monkey

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    Yes
     
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  3. bestseany

    bestseany What's a Dremel?

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    I wouldn't recommend RAID'ing two IDE disks together on the same cable. Data can only travel to one disk at a time on the same IDE cable, which will cause performance problems.
     
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  4. roosauce

    roosauce Looking for xmas projects??

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    I think both of these are right. Pretty sure you can raid them, but it is a bit pointless if you are using the same IDE channel.
     
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  5. Glider

    Glider /dev/null

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    Unless you are using RAID for what it is... Redundancy...
     
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  6. roosauce

    roosauce Looking for xmas projects??

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    Indeed true. I only ever use raid for performance. I back up for redundancy, dont see the need to back up in real time on a home pc. Others may disagree of course.

    I still suspect that RAID1 performance would suffer over a single IDE channel in any case.
     
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  7. bestseany

    bestseany What's a Dremel?

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    Yes, but performance will still be halved over using 1 disk on each channel.
     
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  8. Glider

    Glider /dev/null

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    Redundant Array of Inexpensive Devices... no performance in there... If you want performance, get an SSD
     
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  9. bestseany

    bestseany What's a Dremel?

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    You miss my point, why would you want to halve the performance of an already slow disk on an already slow interface?
     
    bestseany, 4 Jun 2010
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  10. Pookeyhead

    Pookeyhead It's big, and it's clever.

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    Are you suggesting that RAID can not perform? Tell that to my server. It can outperform a great many SSDs... except for seek times, and random small file writing of course. Sometimes for large file transfers... a fast RAID array rocks.
     
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  11. bricks1997

    bricks1997 512 bit mental interface

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    Thank you all for your replies and the advice. I only wanted to use them for back up.
     
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