Raid ?

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If I have 3 hard drives 2*40gb and a 10gb, I can have the 2*40gb drives in RAID and the 10gb separate aye ?

So like windows would see for instance c: as 80gb and d: as 10gb.

Am I right, and would this pose any problems ?

[Geek4Life]

Yeah that should be fine. Though some drives are not very good in RAID (they slow down :( )

Also it pays to have identical* drives.

*by identical, I mean that they should be the same brand and purchased at the same time new

[-=DEI[]v[]OS=-]

Schweet az.

What about the third drive...is that like "left out" of the RAID or is it still part of.

If ya get what I mean ???

[Geek4Life]

Yeah the third drive would be just a third drive on its own.

Though I'm not a RAID god or anything, so take my word for it.

[KingJackal]

Depends.
:p

RAID can use 2,3,4,5,6,8,12,16..... drives, and can be set to literally dozens of combinations.

However, chances are you're talking about el-cheapo onboard RAID, so scratch all your options.

You can probably only do the following:
RAID 1+1
RAID 1+0
RAID 0+0
...no RAID 2, RAID 3, 4, 5, 6 etc. Yes, they all exist - and most ( or even more ) are available on Intel etc hardware RAID solutions.

Run a google search, and read up on RAID. Seriously - you obviously have done about 0 research. All your questions will be answered, AND you'll get a better understanding of what you're talking about.

Here are some links to start you off:
http://www.google.com/ :rolleyes:
http://www.raid.com/04_01_00.html
http://www.networkmagazine.com/article/NMG20000710S0017
http://www.peripheralstorage.com/snap/raid.html

;)

[Ragnor]

Run a google search, and read up on RAID. Seriously - you obviously have done about 0 research. All your questions will be answered, AND you'll get a better understanding of what you're talking about.

That deserves a big phat AMEN

So yeah what he said... go do some research of ya own.. there are tons of hardware sites with tons of guides/reviews etc

hint: goto the the overclockers.co.nz main page, on the right is a phat listing of hardware sites... pretty much all of them have had a RAID review or guide at some stage...

Don't expect to be spoon fed, aight..!

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*suitably told off*