Does anyone have experience with any HDD imaging software packages that include support for RAID configurations, specifically RAID 0? According to a gentleman I spoke with at Power Quest (now owned by Symantec), Drive Image now supports RAID configurations including striped setups.
I'd like to be able to easily restore striped images across my two HDD's when one of the drives eventually fails and/or, corruption of the OS somehow occurs. I've wrestled with the idea of running RAID 0 + 1 but in the end, RAID 0's working just fine for me (while backing up important data to a 3rd drive).
My latest system:
ASUS P4C800E Deluxe
Intel 3.2 Ghz P4C (O/C: 3.6 with a 225 Mhz FSB)
Corsair TwinX 3700 (2x512 with timings: 3, 4, 4, 8, 4)
2 x Maxtor 80G Ultra Series SATA drives (awesome drive performance in RAID 0 config)
1 x Maxtor 60G Ultra Series ATA
ATI 9800 Pro
Antec True Control 550
Swiftec 478V Heatsink w/92mm Panasonic Panaflo fan (32c idle, 51c load ... very quiet!)
Klipsch Pro Media 2.1 (Mighty fine sound!)
Notes:
I've had this system up & running for a couple days now and thought I'd offer a couple observations.
I made the move from a system which included an ASUS P4P800 Deluxe mobo, an Intel 2.6 P4C, ATI Radeo 9200, and Apacer RAM (with Infineon chips ... surprising performance from a not so well know manufacturer!)
The only fault I found with the P4P800 Deluxe board was one related to the audio (pops, clicks and other misc.
sounds that were not blending well with my Klipsch speakers). The new board has been flaw-free. I have
2 drives on the southbridge, Intel SATA (RAID) controller. Now that the controller is free and clear of the IDE
channels, my benchmarks have improved upon already impressive numbers that were generated on benchmarks
performed previously on the Intel SATA ICH5R setup (on a P4P800 Deluxe board).
I was more than a little concerned with several reported problems/issues surfacing around the P4C800 Deluxe, a few of which involved startup & POSTing difficulties (i.e., no screens, beep codes ... no nothing, other than the whirl of case fans). Some messages to newgroups made reference to faulty solder joints on the underside of the board near the base of the CPU, apparantly a quality control/assembly matter that ASUS (hopefully) has taken care of.
Blah, blah, blah! Bottom line? This particular board's been flawless so far while mildly O/C'ed. And the audio? Simply wonderful (especially running through the Klipsch speakers)! No more tics, pops and odd (faint) back-
ground noises. So far, so good!
Dave
I'd like to be able to easily restore striped images across my two HDD's when one of the drives eventually fails and/or, corruption of the OS somehow occurs. I've wrestled with the idea of running RAID 0 + 1 but in the end, RAID 0's working just fine for me (while backing up important data to a 3rd drive).
My latest system:
ASUS P4C800E Deluxe
Intel 3.2 Ghz P4C (O/C: 3.6 with a 225 Mhz FSB)
Corsair TwinX 3700 (2x512 with timings: 3, 4, 4, 8, 4)
2 x Maxtor 80G Ultra Series SATA drives (awesome drive performance in RAID 0 config)
1 x Maxtor 60G Ultra Series ATA
ATI 9800 Pro
Antec True Control 550
Swiftec 478V Heatsink w/92mm Panasonic Panaflo fan (32c idle, 51c load ... very quiet!)
Klipsch Pro Media 2.1 (Mighty fine sound!)
Notes:
I've had this system up & running for a couple days now and thought I'd offer a couple observations.
I made the move from a system which included an ASUS P4P800 Deluxe mobo, an Intel 2.6 P4C, ATI Radeo 9200, and Apacer RAM (with Infineon chips ... surprising performance from a not so well know manufacturer!)
The only fault I found with the P4P800 Deluxe board was one related to the audio (pops, clicks and other misc.
sounds that were not blending well with my Klipsch speakers). The new board has been flaw-free. I have
2 drives on the southbridge, Intel SATA (RAID) controller. Now that the controller is free and clear of the IDE
channels, my benchmarks have improved upon already impressive numbers that were generated on benchmarks
performed previously on the Intel SATA ICH5R setup (on a P4P800 Deluxe board).
I was more than a little concerned with several reported problems/issues surfacing around the P4C800 Deluxe, a few of which involved startup & POSTing difficulties (i.e., no screens, beep codes ... no nothing, other than the whirl of case fans). Some messages to newgroups made reference to faulty solder joints on the underside of the board near the base of the CPU, apparantly a quality control/assembly matter that ASUS (hopefully) has taken care of.
Blah, blah, blah! Bottom line? This particular board's been flawless so far while mildly O/C'ed. And the audio? Simply wonderful (especially running through the Klipsch speakers)! No more tics, pops and odd (faint) back-
ground noises. So far, so good!
Dave
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