SCSI RAID 0 QUESTION

[Alex]

2x hard drives in scsi raid 0... i can boot of them right? i forget what the rule is for raid 0...

 

[RSMemphis]

Your OS and bios see the raid as just one drive, so yes, you can.

 

[Pabster]

Yes, so long as you're talking hardware and not software RAID. 2K/XP cannot boot from such an array.

 

[Raven76]

True, it has to be HARDWARE RAID 0 if you want to boot from it.

software RAID 0 only becomes a single drive once the software can load up and treat it that way. OF course the software to do that can't load before the OS which can't load at all if it's divided between two drives.

Hardware works because the RAID controllers BIOS stores the info needed to read the drives while the system is starting.

 

[Alex]

hmmm thanks yall for the feedback.... i think im ditchin raid tho and stickin to pure scsi....

 

[thomsbrain]

wouldn't it work on a software-powered RAID controller, like all the IDE RAID controllers? I know you need a card for it, but I don't think the card has to be hardware-based.