2 hdd's = 1?

[buddhaboi]

hey guys... i planning on getting 2 WD 36GB raptors and raid them... just wanted to know a couple of things...

1. which is the best raid setup for these?
2. is it possible to combine these two drives into 1 big hdd... so when in windows it just shows up as a 72gb hdd?

 

[Lonyo]

If you want extra speed, go RAID-0, this makes them into one big (72GB) drive - as Windows seems it.
RAID-1 means HDD 1 is copied to HDD 2 and they contain the exact same data (mirror) - so you only get 36GB, but if one drive breaks, you won't lose any data.

Since you seem to want 72GB space, you'll need to go RAID-0, which effectively combines the 2 drives into 1 big drive, and increases the speed. It also doubles the chance of failure.

 

[volrath]

Originally posted by: buddhaboi
hey guys... i planning on getting 2 WD 36GB raptors and raid them... just wanted to know a couple of things...

1. which is the best raid setup for these?

RAID 0 creates 1 big, faster drive from both of the drives. RAID 1 creates a copy of the data on each drive. Which do you want?

2. is it possible to combine these two drives into 1 big hdd... so when in windows it just shows up as a 72gb hdd?

RAID 0.

 

[AWhackWhiteBoy]

read up on raid and figure out which striping is best for what you intend to do with it.

 

[buddhaboi]

Originally posted by: Lonyo
If you want extra speed, go RAID-0, this makes them into one big (72GB) drive - as Windows seems it.
RAID-1 means HDD 1 is copied to HDD 2 and they contain the exact same data (mirror) - so you only get 36GB, but if one drive breaks, you won't lose any data.

Since you seem to want 72GB space, you'll need to go RAID-0, which effectively combines the 2 drives into 1 big drive, and increases the speed. It also doubles the chance of failure.

thnx for the extremely quick response... this is exactly what i need to know.

 

[Kaylya]

There's a bunch of different possibilities for RAID, but if you don't need any redundancy, just speed, go for RAID-0.