Thread: how to raid hard drives

i have tow 80gb sata hard drives,p4 HT possessor.....915GVA motherboard

i can i raid my hard drives and is necessary to buy pci raid card

thank you

You have to first decide why you want to raid two hard drives

There are many type of raid levels like raid0 raid1 etc

raid0 uses the stripping technique for increasing the speed with which data is stored/retrieved

raid1 is generally used for taking simultaneous backup

*so first decide which level u want to use [refer wikipedia]

*yes u need a raid card

i want to use raid 0 for increasing speed...can you tell me how can i set up it?

and also my bios doesn't have raid option?

can i set up it?

decide why you want to raid two hard drives?

I want speed......

How can i set up?

Beginners Guides: Installing RAID on a Desktop PC - PCSTATS.com

Follow this guide to install ur drives in raid0 config ...

thank you very much...

i also searching the answer for this question.
thanks for the info.

Holy crap. Sounds dangerous. Why would any one want to risk data loss by using RAID 0. But its your data your decision.

Please note Intel will discontinue RAID support by the end of this year as claimed by few news articles.

Originally Posted by thats_me

Holy crap. Sounds dangerous. Why would any one want to risk data loss by using RAID 0. But its your data your decision.

Please note Intel will discontinue RAID support by the end of this year as claimed by few news articles.

why would they do that, i mean raid is a good feature na esp used in industries an all...

Originally Posted by thats_me

Holy crap. Sounds dangerous. Why would any one want to risk data loss by using RAID 0. But its your data your decision.

Please note Intel will discontinue RAID support by the end of this year as claimed by few news articles.

Data loss ?

Most major organizations use Raid0 ..... talking about the method, its completely safe ..... but u need both the drives to be in one piece to retrieve any data

Originally Posted by newprouser

why would they do that, i mean raid is a good feature na esp used in industries an all...

Buy AMD

Note:You can raid without mobo support

In raid doesnt it mean that when 1 drive failure leads to loss of entire data ?

Yes. I've heard that raid is used extensively.

Originally Posted by thats_me

In raid doesnt it mean that when 1 drive failure leads to loss of entire data ?

Yes. I've heard that raid is used extensively.

Not necessarily... depends on which RAID config ur using like RAID 0,1,2..

Originally Posted by thats_me

In raid doesnt it mean that when 1 drive failure leads to loss of entire data ?

Like npr said it depends
For example Raid 1 is used where a simultaneous backup is required ....... It uses Mirroring to create a simultaneous mirror of the data in 1 drive into another ... thus if 1 fails u got another as a backup