JBOD in Win2k server

[beatle]

I'm not exactly sure how to set up JBOD here or whether it can be done in software (this was my understanding). I have a 40 gig 180GXP, a 60 gig WD600AB, and a 4.5 gig 7200 rpm scsi drive. Since the scsi drive is extremely slow, I just use it for backup. Here's what I'd like to do:

[*]Create 5 gig boot partition on 180GXP
[*]Put the remaining 35 gigs from the 180GXP and the entire 60 gig drive into a JBOD configuration.
[*]Leave the scsi drive alone.

Is this possible? If I have to put them on a RAID controller, will my KT7a-raid cut it? Would the NV7-133R cut it (I have one lying around).

 

[beatle]

Ok, found out that windows doesn't call it JBOD, but rather a spanned volume. It looks possible, but now I see that JBOD has no fault tolerance and that it's just as risky as RAID 0, which discourages me from trying it, especially with an IBM drive.

 

[StraightPipe]

I'm Interested. I didn't think that you could use multiple partions a drive in RAID, but I've never done raid b4, and am still trying to learn.

anybody know of some good sites w/ RAID info? I've read the anandtech FAQ.

 

[beatle]

I don't believe you can do this with RAID. I think it will work in windows, however. Your partitions need to be unformatted. Right click on one of the partitions where you want to create the volume and pick "new volume." Then just follow the volume wizard to add to it. Windows help even mentions that these are not fault tolerant, so I'll be shying away, unfortunately. 🙁 I wish you could just make a copy of the MFT and then use it to recover the other disk when one fails, since the files should still physically be intact on the surviving drive(s).