[Shacs] sata raid for winxp

[James Wyman]

Raid 1 always takes a performance hit compared to no raid or raid 0. If you
are planning on having a backup drive I would recommend really using one of
the new server devices that allow you to store stuff in raid 0 or raid 1.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822102002 or something
like this is what I would recommend over replacing hard drives inside your
computer. This would be accessible by multiple computers and could be easily
kept for any new computers you may purchase in the future.


On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 9:29 PM, Bronius Motekaitis <
bronius.motekaitis at gmail.com> wrote:

> I need a little tech talk..  It's been a while since I opened a pc, and lo
> and behold, my wife's Dell has a sata drive-- talk about a fortuitous step
> in the right direction some years ago...
>
> So.  I'd like to put a pair of 500GB western digital drives in mirrored
> raid-1 config on this Dell Dimension 4700 running winxp.  It's got two sata
> ports hanging off the motherboard, but I can't tell whether the
> motherboard/bios will support raid natively.
>
> Supposing it cannot, I am checking out this PNY PCI card.  And came across
> the same in PCI-express...  ok, so I don't know whether I have a free PCIe
> slot:
> http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dim4700/sm/techov.htm
> http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dim4700/sm/specs.htm
> Neither the video (PCI-E x16) nor the little rinky-dink PCI-E x1 have
> anything in them, but which am I looking to fill with the PNY sata raid
> card?
>
> And (perhaps out of order), am I going to expect a huge hd r/w performance
> hit by running thru a pci-e vs my onboard sata?
>
> Side note, because you made it this far: Who ever thought the day would
> come that consumers could buy TERABYTE drives for their home PCs!  I know
> Burris didn't..  yes, Dr. B, that's a *Lot *of reel-to-reel cassettes.
>
> please help. . Got a baby due in 1-2weeks and need to free up some digital
> storage space quickly.. :O
> -bronius
>
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