BawA
04-25-2008, 06:52 AM
any suggestions or just normal OS controller is enough for 3X500Gb to be set in RAID5.
as what i found OS handled raids but puts some weight on resources but is it unbearable?
ohh also its possible to have partition among it, right?
if so then what happens to partition in case one drive goes bad on RAID5 ?
EDIT:
found out that controllers are actually a loaders and nothing else, once OS takes charge its the CPU which handles the load not the controller, its hardware RAID which removes the CPU's need not the Controllers.
so correct me if am wrong, no matter what i must have a raid controller.
dont some MOBO's come with a on-board controllers?
also anything else i should know like setup/installation or something to do with BIOS? cuz what i have in mind is i have to plug the HDD and later on windows stage i can setup the RAID levels/modes.
and atlast in case i need a few files say something which wont fit on DVD and i must take the HDD to another computer how would i know on which HDD those file are located so i can remove it.
as what i found OS handled raids but puts some weight on resources but is it unbearable?
ohh also its possible to have partition among it, right?
if so then what happens to partition in case one drive goes bad on RAID5 ?
EDIT:
found out that controllers are actually a loaders and nothing else, once OS takes charge its the CPU which handles the load not the controller, its hardware RAID which removes the CPU's need not the Controllers.
so correct me if am wrong, no matter what i must have a raid controller.
dont some MOBO's come with a on-board controllers?
also anything else i should know like setup/installation or something to do with BIOS? cuz what i have in mind is i have to plug the HDD and later on windows stage i can setup the RAID levels/modes.
and atlast in case i need a few files say something which wont fit on DVD and i must take the HDD to another computer how would i know on which HDD those file are located so i can remove it.