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AMD Raid (RaidXpert) and expanding RAID 1 logical drives
Here's the setup. I've got an old machine with basic RAID 1 arrays.
Basically, 4 physical drives were used to create 2 logical drivers in RAID 1, each filled to the brim. Also, the machine is running ...
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How can I add a second hard drive to mirror the first one in RAID?
I have a HP ProLiant Gen8 MicroServer with a Hardware RAID Controller. The model is Dynamic Smart Array B120i/ZM.
I currently have a single hard drive mounted. I would like to add a second identical ...
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How would hardware RAID compare to Windows software RAID?
I recently bought a new PC with a Gigabyte Z97P-D3 motherboard. One of the things it supports that my old machine didn't is RAID so I had planned to transfer my 2x 1TB hard drives from my old machine ...
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poor write performance with RAID 5 array
I have an Intel RS2WC080 RAID controller card connected to an array of 8 WD Black 4TB SATA3 drives, in a RAID5 configuration.
While the read speed is ~750MB/s the write speed hovers around 45MB/s. I ...
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RAID vs AHCI on Windows7 x64 ASUS
I have an ASUS p5ke-wifi/ap which has built-in RAID controller. From the BIOS, I can choose between 3 controller types:
IDE
RAID
AHCI
In that order. This setting was set to AHCI when I installed ...
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