IDE-RAID 0 (striping)... simple question

[SOS]

Hi,

This may seem pretty stupid, but I presume if you have 2 15GB drives set up in the RAID 0 configuration you have one logical 30GB drive?

Also, is this method reliable?

Thanks

SOS

 

[Argo]

1) Yes
2) Yes

 

[Mark R]

If, by 'reliable', you mean, 'does it work well?', then yes.

The only problem with data striping, is the increased risk of data loss due to drive failure - you have 2 drives which could break down - if either one suffers catastophic breakdown, all your data is gone.

Modern hard drives are highly reliable, so this is unlikely to be a problem for you - but irrespective of how you store your data, if it is important, then make sure you keep a backup.

 

[Davegod75]

actually you'll probably end up gettin like 28gb just because of the way windows works.