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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.
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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 ...
