Well, with Raptors on the Intel controller, 16stripe/4cluster, I'm topping out right at 100k on my C (OS) drive and 107k on my I (mid-of-drive programs) drive. Still planning on fiddling, specially with that cluster size.
I'm thinking about getting a couple ATA->SATA bridge boards so I can RAID on the next motherboard I get (SATA RAID only, no parallel). My main question is how frequently do you lose a stripe? I mean, if I'm restoring from backup more than once every 3-6 months, that's unacceptable.
drasnor had this to say I'm thinking about getting a couple ATA->SATA bridge boards so I can RAID on the next motherboard I get (SATA RAID only, no parallel). My main question is how frequently do you lose a stripe? I mean, if I'm restoring from backup more than once every 3-6 months, that's unacceptable.
-drasnor
That's a hard call. I ran a system for over a year with daily use and no format. Never had a problem. As a general rule of thumb, calculate your chances of having a glitch under non-raid circumstances, then square it. If you have any doubt as to the physical integrity of any of the raided HD's don't even try it. (Ask me about my IBM "Deathstar" drives sometime...)
The best way to CYA is to ghost your boot partition over to a non-raid drive. This is where that old 30-40 GB drive can come in handy. I've also had a fair amount of success salvaging a partition via Norton Disk Doctor (booting from the CD).
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With only one drive, that looks just about right for a 5400 rpm drive.
Keto,
Can you make a screenie of an atto? Sounds dang good!
-drasnor
The best way to CYA is to ghost your boot partition over to a non-raid drive. This is where that old 30-40 GB drive can come in handy. I've also had a fair amount of success salvaging a partition via Norton Disk Doctor (booting from the CD).