RAID 0 question

[slackerinabox]

I just picked up a cheap silicon PCI raid controller and plan on using it on my 2x7200 rpm 40 gb hard drives (both western digitals).. Having had a raid 0 set up crash on me in the past I'm a bit worried...Is a raid 0 set up really that unstable or could it have been my past motherboard (a kt133a board)? My question is, is it safe to boot on the 2x40s hooked up to the raid controller or should I boot to my regular 80gb samsung drive and just use my raid 0 drives as a swap/ programs drive? I just don't want to lose all my data like i did that time, but I may be blaming the wrong thing... thanks!

 

[slackerinabox]

I'd hate to bump my own post but I really would like to know the answer to this question

 

[chizow]

Should be fine, as long as your PCI bus isn't too far out of spec. My guess is that that KT133A had a buggy onboard RAID controller (as many boards do, which is why I stay away from them) or you were OC'ing your FSB too far, which can lead to data corruption or corrupt arrays.

Booting from an array is fine, if anything its preferable to lose your OS and programs (replaceable from CD) over any data files. I'd set-up your OS and programs on the array and use your Sammy as your data/swap drive.

Chiz

 

[slackerinabox]

Awesome!- VERY valid point about software/OS being easily replacable.. How come that simple logic never occured to me! If only I thought of that when I had the Kt133a board...