need opinion

jjd228 · 10-01-2007, 02:48 PM

until i can figure out why i cant boot to my cheetah drive attached via U320 adaptec scsi card with my new intel mobo (D975XBX2), i am forced to build my new system using 4 SATA drives. they are all identical 250MB western digital SE16 drives.

need opinions on how to configure...

i was thinking a RAID 0 stripe set using 2 drives for the OS for performance reasons, then a RAID 1 mirror for my data using the remaining 2 drives. the only thing that bothers me is that now i have a huge, almost 500GB volume for the OS! big waste obviously. so what other ideas do people have?

Karanislove · 10-01-2007, 04:14 PM

I dont know wat u gonna put in this much space but thats really a hell lot of space. Usually Music nd Videos are the only thing that utilizes that much space only...Anyways,
If I would b at ur place then I will use two drives as RAID1 where I will store all my critical data. 1 drive for General purposes, anything that wouldnt hurt me if i loose them and one drive for OS with the partition of 20-25GB for windows only and u can again use the rest of space for any other purpose....

Reason I would like to make a Partition of windows...
1. Other data on the whole drive wouldnt hurt if I have to format and reinstall the windows..
2. It will take very less time coz it has to format only 20GB instead of 250GB.

10-01-2007, 02:48 PM	# 1 (permalink) Top
jjd228 Geek Trainee Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 23 Status: Offline	need opinion until i can figure out why i cant boot to my cheetah drive attached via U320 adaptec scsi card with my new intel mobo (D975XBX2), i am forced to build my new system using 4 SATA drives. they are all identical 250MB western digital SE16 drives. need opinions on how to configure... i was thinking a RAID 0 stripe set using 2 drives for the OS for performance reasons, then a RAID 1 mirror for my data using the remaining 2 drives. the only thing that bothers me is that now i have a huge, almost 500GB volume for the OS! big waste obviously. so what other ideas do people have?

10-01-2007, 04:14 PM	# 2 (permalink) Top
Karanislove It's D Grav80 Of Luv Join Date: Jan 2006 Age: 24 Male Posts: 3,464 Times Helpful: 160 My Mood: Cool Status: Offline My Computer	I dont know wat u gonna put in this much space but thats really a hell lot of space. Usually Music nd Videos are the only thing that utilizes that much space only...Anyways, If I would b at ur place then I will use two drives as RAID1 where I will store all my critical data. 1 drive for General purposes, anything that wouldnt hurt me if i loose them and one drive for OS with the partition of 20-25GB for windows only and u can again use the rest of space for any other purpose.... Reason I would like to make a Partition of windows... 1. Other data on the whole drive wouldnt hurt if I have to format and reinstall the windows.. 2. It will take very less time coz it has to format only 20GB instead of 250GB. __________________ __________________________________________________ ___ Troubleshoot a Dead/Unbootable PC / Microsoft Events Viewer Troubleshoot Printer / Most Common Home Audio Problems_

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