Viable setup?
Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 8:51 am
OK, this is how I ma thinking of setting up my computer with RAID...
Asus P5Q motherboard that has Drive Xpert - basically a simple RAID 1 config.
Drives I have
2 - 500gb
4 - 1tb
2 - 200gb
thinking of doing all 4 1tb drives for the RAID in a RAID 5 config so I can share everything throughout the house on that.
I was going to take the 2 500gb drives and use 1 as the boot drive and then have the other as the Drive Xpert backup drive
Now, do you think I should leave one of the 120gb drives in to use as just a swap drive? I always separate the swap drive to another one when I do a build, but I think it would hurt performance if I used the RAID array as the swap drive also? If you think I should use the 120gb for the swap, should I use it for the recycle bin also (have to read up to see if I can change the recycle bin location in vista or not)?
Your help is always VERY much appreciated!
Mike
I might try and get this raid up and running tomorrow, I think I have all the updated drivers, programs and bios for it in case i need them. I also read the manual (OMG - I know, well I read MOST of it :p) so I think I am prepared - install the card, the drives, setup in bios that pops up during boot, load webpam in windows and format.
Asus P5Q motherboard that has Drive Xpert - basically a simple RAID 1 config.
Drives I have
2 - 500gb
4 - 1tb
2 - 200gb
thinking of doing all 4 1tb drives for the RAID in a RAID 5 config so I can share everything throughout the house on that.
I was going to take the 2 500gb drives and use 1 as the boot drive and then have the other as the Drive Xpert backup drive
Now, do you think I should leave one of the 120gb drives in to use as just a swap drive? I always separate the swap drive to another one when I do a build, but I think it would hurt performance if I used the RAID array as the swap drive also? If you think I should use the 120gb for the swap, should I use it for the recycle bin also (have to read up to see if I can change the recycle bin location in vista or not)?
Your help is always VERY much appreciated!
Mike
I might try and get this raid up and running tomorrow, I think I have all the updated drivers, programs and bios for it in case i need them. I also read the manual (OMG - I know, well I read MOST of it :p) so I think I am prepared - install the card, the drives, setup in bios that pops up during boot, load webpam in windows and format.