By: kimbakat
I just raided a 4 Bay Pegasus Thunderbolt RAID drive with RAID 5. Each bay has 4 TB…but when I created Array..and left the last one unchecked….the Logical Drive only said it was Max 8 TB…Shouldn’t it...
View ArticleBy: Gerald Connolly
You can either use the other disk in the array to give 12TB useable, or as a hot spare, or even better convert the 4 disk into a RAID-6 set for even more redundancy
View ArticleBy: Paul
Clear and concise, best information I could find yet on RAID configurations. Thanks
View ArticleBy: al3ab
have a PC with ASUS P5Q PRO motherboard and 1,5TB set up in a RAID1 (mirroring). Do you know if it’s possible to move to a RAID 10, without reinstalling the PC, of course after installing two extra HDD...
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@al3ab – wrong forum for that kind of question try http://www.experts-exchange.com
View ArticleBy: nihal
Hi Gerald, I have read the way u clarified the points and they r clear but still can u explain me about parity and its uses in raid levels. need more info. thank you.
View ArticleBy: Gerald
@nihal, so we are only talking about basic RAID levels with parity e.g RAID-5 and RAID-6 In a 3 disk RAID-5 set, we have three disks D1, D2 & D3 comprising LUN 1 which is mapped to say the R: drive...
View ArticleBy: Justin Goldberg
I think the only reason to use Raid 0 is a temp or scratch drive, such as photoshop scratch drive, ram drive, browser cache, etc….
View ArticleBy: Justin Goldberg
I think the only reason to use Raid 0 is a temp or scratch drive, such as photoshop scratch drive, ram drive, browser cache, etc…
View ArticleBy: Josh
It is incorrect to state Raid 10 is the same as Raid 1+0 which is a confusion with Raid 0+1. Raid 10 is always referred to as raid 10 never as 1+0. Raid 10 is a mirror of stripes not “stripe of...
View ArticleBy: Gerald
Josh, you are right that RAID0+1 & RAID1+0 have become confused as different manufacturers used the two forms to mean different things. So the terms became ambiguous, and there is a move to...
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By: Josh
” You are also incorrect in stating that RAID10 can sustain TWO disk failures” When we talk about raid we talk about the minimum requirements. For example 2 disks for raid1, three disks for raid5 and 4...
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By: Gerald
Josh, just forget about RAID-0+1 (and 1+0 as well) this notation is now not in current use. Just use RAID10, most people know that this means mirrors that are striped. I was always taught (back in the...
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By: theo
Hmmmm . . . all I know is this, if you are “stripping” it will no doubt be followed by a “Raid”.
View ArticleBy: perrie iles
Dear sir, i am moving to an Asrock Z77 extreme 11, it supports 8 drives in raid 0,1,1E or 10 – i have 8 x 4tb (plus others to fill the other 6 sata ports) – what schemas would be optimum to increase...
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