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RAID 5 with SSDs; how many and what class of SSDs to use?
I have a 850 EVO 250gb as win/programs/games disk and I am thinking buying more SSDs to go with RAID 5 in order to gain more speed. I know the pros and cons of RAID 5.
The question is:
5 cheap 120gb ...
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Can I move existing Windows 7 setup to a RAID-1 array?
I have a the following setup:
machine with one 1TB hdd and with W7Ultimate installed on that drive (with RAID in BIOS).
Now I want to make it running as RAID 1, so I have two additional similar 1TB ...
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Is it possible to create striped array (RAID 0) with two parts on two disks (Windows 7)?
I have 2 physical disks. Part of one disk is occupied by Windows 7. I have two not allocated parts on these two disks of equal size. Is it possible to create striped array (RAID 0) with two parts on ...
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Parity errors after verify with Intel RST
I have Intel RST RAID 1 running on a Windows 7 machine. I have it set to do a verify and repair every week. I frequently notice parity errors, some weeks over 100 for a 1 TB RAID 1 array. I've ...
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Create Degraded RAID 1 in Windows 7
Question is simple. Can one create a degraded RAID 1 in Windows 7?
In other words specific to a hypothetical situation, can I have a backup drive with backup data on it, then buy a second backup ...
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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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Add space from 3TB unto 4TB using raid, how?
I would like to expand my 4 TB drive by adding on drive space from my 3 TB drive. I assume this is possible in a raid configuration by resizing the partion on the 3 TB to free space then using ...
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Software RAID 0 under Window 7 on 2 HDD only (including system drive) - is it possible
I have two hard drives in my notebook. I cannot add third drive.
Is there a possibility to somehow set up software RAID 0 (striped) under Windows 7? My notebook does not support hardware RAID 0.
I ...
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Does windows 7 disk manager mirror disk or partitions?
My servers Raid 1 disappeared when I did a bios update, And now in order to get it back I have to format my 2 * 3tb hard drives. Which isnt really a solution for me.
So I have desiced to try and make ...
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How to create a software RAID-1 array on Windows 7 not spanning whole disks
I have a brand new PC dual booting out of a single SSD drive (win7+debian).
I added a couple of 2T hd I want to use from both Win & Linux.
My target is to have two separate RAID-1 arrays on four ...
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Windows Dynamic Disks vs BIOS FakeRAID
I have two 3TB disks in a Windows 7 Dynamic Disk Mirror array (effectively, software RAID1).
Apart from being tied to the O/S (I can't mount the array in Linux, for example) - is there any difference ...
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Windows Software RAID: How can I view the Windows RAID parameters (disk signatures, etc.)?
The software RAID array in my Windows 7 x64 box failed. Drive tests report the drive itself as healthy.
Two drives, RAID1 partition and one RAID0 partition. In Disk Manager, the failed drive shows up ...
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Can I go from noraid to raid1 to an existing Windows installation?
I am planning to switch from Ubuntu to Windows 7 for my HTPC and later add an extra 3TB disk.
Can I install Windows 7 on a 3TB disk and later add a disk and upgrade it to 2x3TB software raid1 without ...
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Windows 7 and software RAID 1 for system [closed]
So I have been using Linux software raid for ages, unfortunately now I need to install Windows 7 on a notebook and since the machine has two disks I was wondering how do I setup software Raid in ...
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ICH10R based RAID vs Windows 7 software RAID
It seems that performance wise these solutions are about the same and thats not my main concern anyway, but I need to know how do they compare from the point of data getting corrupted?
What are the ...
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Win7 soft-RAID failed, computer "jumped back in time"
I just rebooted my computer and upon logging into Windows, things seemed a little bit "off". I figured out rather quickly that everything was like it was two weeks ago. It was literally like ...
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Sharing an Intel RST between Windows and Linux
I have an Intel z68 motherboard, which makes use of Intel Rapid Storage Technology (RST) -- Version 10.5. If possible, I'd like to split my RAID 1+0 RST drive equally between a Linux and Windows ...
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Three-way mirrored RAID in Windows 7?
I sometimes find bit-rot in some of my files. This is rare, but does happen. It annoys me that this is a) undetected for long periods of time and b) not fixable (except from backups), even with the ...
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OK to use Windows while a RAID array is building?
I've just put together a nice clean, fresh install of Windows 7 x64, and my two primary harddisks are building a software RAID1 array in the background while I type this.
But I want to move over ...
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Does software RAID 1 in Windows 7 improve read speeds?
Does software RAID 1 (mirroring) in Windows 7 improve read speeds?
I'd like to set up RAID 1 to help protect my important documents (yes, yes, I know it's not a backup), but performance is also ...
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Bad mobo or drives?
I have a gigabyte UDR5 with 12GB Ram, and i7 920. The os runs of 2 x 80GB x25 SSDs in raid0 (mobo software raid) and I have 4 x 320GB raid5 for storage (2 year old drives). Running windows 7 Ultimate ...
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Windows7 Create Striped volume
I'm trying to raid0 a data partition on two disks in Windows7 Pro 64bit.
Both drives are identical, partition scheme is identical, I have converted them to dynamic disks.
But all the raid options in ...
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Will mirroring with an SSD improve read performance?
If you use Windows 7 to mirror a volume across an SSD drive and a mechanical hard drive, will the read performance be similar to a single SSD drive?
I.e. is Windows smart enough to read from them ...
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Can I setup a software RAID in Windows 7 using Virtual Hard Disks?
Well, the title of my question pretty much sums it up, but let me elaborate. The main idea of what I want to do is as follows:
1) I have two separate hard disks, with nearly equal performance. I use ...
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optimal SATA SSD configuration in new PC
I'm sold on SATA SSDs for my next PC but since their prices grow un-proportionally to their size, I'm wondering what would be the best configuration for them (for OS and Programs) would be:
2 SSDs ...
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Can I configure a partition of a drive to use RAID0 and still use the left over partition for storage?
I want to set up a RAID0 configuration. I only have a 80 GB drive and a 750 GB drive. I was hoping to only RAID 80 GB of the 750 GB drive so that it would match the 80 GB drive. I heard that this may ...
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What's the difference between RAID 1 software mirroring and Fake RAID?
I've just ordered two new hard drives for my main desktop and a copy of Windows 7 Professional 64-bit. I'd like to do a clean install of Windows 7 onto the new drives (leaving my old Windows XP ...
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