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Old 06-08-2005, 05:18 PM  
Machete_
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Originally Posted by leg4
I made a huge mistake.. I got my first RAID system a few months ago... not knowing much about RAIDS.... I prebuilt with DELL online and got a RAID 0 (I didn't know any better...)

2.5 months later.... It shuts down and will not reboot....

Maxtor Calypso drives... are these crappy Maxtors?
never ever what so ever, put your OS on a Raid 0.. you have 75% higher chance of breakdown...

If you want something fast, then buy 4 disks:
Make one raid1 set out of disk 1 and 2 - call it A
Make one raid1 set out of disk 3 and 4 - call it B

Connect 1 and 3 to one channel on the raidcontroller
connect 2 and 4 to the other channel

Make a raid 0 (stripe) out of set A and B - that way you have SUPER speed and safety.. 2 disks have to die before you loos data that way . and it got the speed of a raid0
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