Dynamic Disks

I am thinking of taking advantage of the increased speed of a software raid array, with the help of converting to dynamic disks (through Computer Management/Disk Management in Administration Tools). My 2 hdds run at udma4 under winXP pro, the f...




Topic Options
#85266 - 11/25/01 10:23 AM Dynamic Disks
tsonta101 Offline
member

Registered: 11/03/01
Posts: 178
I am thinking of taking advantage of the increased speed of a software raid array, with the help of converting to dynamic disks (through Computer Management/Disk Management in Administration Tools). My 2 hdds run at udma4 under winXP pro, the first one is a Maxtor 30Gb and the second one is a Quantum AS 40Gb.

I already know that I will loose my existing data, but will I be able to create virtual drives (eg. c: win, d: mp3, e: games and so on)?.

I would really like any help or thought on this, or if someone has already attempted this, some feedback would be more than appreciated.

Top
Advertisement
#85270 - 11/25/01 10:47 AM Re: Dynamic Disks
clutch Offline
Carpal Tunnel

Registered: 03/29/00
Posts: 3859
A. You can't make a software stripe set in WinNT/2K using a system partition, and

B. You don't get that much of an improvement due to the overhead anyway.

I used it in NT 4 Server at home for a long time with my 3 4.3GB Western Digital harddrives so I could have a stripe set with parity (software RAID 5), but when I went to Win2K server it was noticably slower. If you have a system that has one boot drive, and 3 or more of the exact same drive for other files, then it might be worth your while. Mirroring (software RAID 1) has a good deal of overhead, and wouldn't be that hot either. Also, if these drives are sitting on the same IDE chain, then performance will be even worse since IDE doesn't support simultaneous read and write actions to multiple devices on the same chain.

Sorry to be a downer on it, but it isn't all that it's cracked up to be.

Top
#85287 - 11/25/01 07:42 PM Re: Dynamic Disks
tsonta101 Offline
member

Registered: 11/03/01
Posts: 178
not to worry, thanks for the info....i'll think about it again! smile

Top
#86388 - 12/03/01 08:21 PM Re: Dynamic Disks
rickcfer Offline
stranger

Registered: 07/01/01
Posts: 16
Tom's Hardware had a good article on dynamic disks.
http://www6.tomshardware.com/howto/01q3/010906/index.html

Top


Forums
Windows Support Forums
Everything New Technology
Legacy OS
Hardware
Software
Games
Networking
Customization & Tweaking
Security

Linux Support Forums
Everything Linux
Linux Hardware
Linux Software
Linux Games
Linux Networking
Linux Customization & Tweaking
Linux Security

Apple Support Forums
Everything Apple
Recent Topics
Router keeps disconnecting internet
by rfboyd
Yesterday at 04:18 PM
Program Running When Starting Computer
by cbk
12/05/09 11:05 AM
System Crashing Error 1000008e, 1000000a, 0000004e
by PapaPrem
11/30/09 06:01 PM
Starcraft Broodwar Campaign Crash Problem
by Lurker02
11/30/09 12:33 PM
How do I affect the order of ALT-Tab?
by KenJackson
11/28/09 10:10 PM
Who's Online
0 Registered (), 199 Guests and 26 Spiders online.
Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod
Forum Stats
91270 Members
24 Forums
58381 Topics
188877 Posts

Max Online: 1079 @ 03/12/08 01:36 PM

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22