Ok, i have this question that makes me kinda anxious for a while now. I have 3 HD's on my system. The first one is a 35GB @10.000 rpm western digital and thats where my system resides. Only OS and Program files are stored there, i never save files on that HD and it really works fine. The Other 2 HD's are two identical 120Gb@7200rpm each western digital disks that a friend hooked up on RAID. Now, i know nothing about RAID, what i know is that those two disks are connected in a way that data is split in two and written half in one disk and half in the other theoritically in half the speed. I'm backing up my work (or atleast the crucial stuff) but i was wondering what will happen if one disk messes up or if C: messes up..what and where is the part where it united those two disks and makes sense out of all the files?
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2006-07-28 08:37:56 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
Usually a RAID (redundant array of independent disks) is configured to mirror the drives, so that in case of HD fail data will still be functional, however, what you are describing is either RAID 0 (stupid set) or JBOD (just a bunch of disks). If it is set up as RAID 0 and a HD fails you loose everything, if it is JBOD you loose data on the affected drive.
If your main c: drive screws up the data on your RAID will not be affected, yet you may need to install a new HD and OS.
2006-07-28 08:50:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Talk to your friend.
If not:
If the size of the resulting partition is 240 gig the speed should be about the same and if one of the disks became corrupted, some data will be lost some might be restored, it'll be a toss up (make sure to back up regularly)
If the resulting size is 120 gig the data is written to both drives (again only slightly slower) but if one of the disks go bad it'll be easier to rebuild the info. Nothing will be lost. (Read speed should improve if the raid controller is any good)
2006-07-28 08:49:39 · answer #2 · answered by Don't look too close! 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, we could quit. I did not imply to try this out of malice, therefore, persons are unhappy. We can raid a brand new phase. Besides, 3 of my questions had been pronounced. I adored my "Help! I"M PREGNANT WITH AN ONION?" query, lol.
2016-08-28 16:24:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋