RAID level comparison: data protection vs. redundancy

With respect to the tradeoff between redundancy vs. data protection, what recommendations can you make on RAID levels? Is it completely dependent on the environment, or are there clear advantages to using a RAID 5 over RAID 3, etc.?

ITKE1,161,240 pointsBadges:

External Hard Drive Repair

I took apart a LaCie 2TB external hard drive because one of the drives was bad; it was clicking when I turned the hard drive encasement on. It has 4 500 GB hard drives set to RAID 0, and two hard drive controller cards so the hard drives are set in pairs as 1 master and 1 slave. I don't have a...

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raid configuration

how to confi raid

sudeepmalviya5 pointsBadges:

RAID Configuration in HP Proliant DL360

I just bought an HP Proliant DL360 G6 Server, I have install the HP Smart array and Configure the RAID 0 and 5 with a 5 HDD SAS 147 GB HDD, I installed Window 2003 E.Edition 64bit on RAID 0 but can not see the RAID 5 which should be the other HDD. Can some one show me how to configure it aft OS is...

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RAID 0 And SSD drives

How is the performance if u were to use 2 SSD drives as a RAID 0

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Raid 0 Set up internal to external drive

I have a Dell 420xps. It came with a 320gb sata drive. I have added a 500gb "internal" hard drive. I also added a 250gb USB "external" hard drive and a 500gb eSata "external" hard drive. I would like to run raid 0 on the 500gb internal and 500gb external and leave the other 2 as they are. Can this...

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RAID Configuration of DL 585 and DL 785 G6 Proliant servers

I just bought new set of HP proliant servers DL 585 G6 AND DL 785 G6, How would I go about the RAID 0+1 configuration of the servers.

Oluwarotimi5 pointsBadges:

RAID 0 with an Internal and External Drive?

I was wondering if I could be able to set up my default hard drive and a new external hard drive for RAID 0. My internal disk drive is a ST3160815AS ATA Device (149 GB, IDE). And I have a My Passport Essential 500 GB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive WDBAAA5000AD6-NESN. Will I be able to have a...

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Can I remove my RAID 0 configuration

Can i remove my RAID0 configuration beacuse i want to make changes in RAID configuratuion

Tahira5 pointsBadges:

What is the best raid configuration for me?

What is the difference between a raid 1, raid 0 and a raid 10? Which is optimal for a 5 1tb drives? The data will be file storage and we can sacrifice 1tb for parity

Karl Gechlik9,860 pointsBadges:

unable to detect HDD with SCSI RAID 0

hi, i have win2k installed on server which gives BOD now, i want to reinstall the server but when i try to boot using windows 2k server bootable CD it gives error as HDD not detected, can anyone pls advise process to install OS on server which has RAID 0 inplace

Krupesh5 pointsBadges:

Windows XP Raid driver 0 install

Is it possible to install the raid driver after you have installed windows xp. I know it says you are suppose to install before loading the OS.

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Logical Partition Windows Server 2003

Hi I am using windows server 2003 standard edition,with three RAID DISKS and I created RAID 0,with capacity totalling to 408 GB,now I want to create a partition.I can't get it right, need help

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Raid 0 Migrating – RAID mode in BIOS causes BSOD

I have a Dell xps 420 that came with Vista 32 bit. I have switched over to Vista 64 bit (and as far as I can tell updated all my drivers). I want to run raid 0. I would like to use the Migrating feture and avoid having to do a fresh re-install. The issue I am having is every time I enable raid mode...

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Can RAID 0 volume be deleted and re-added with no data loss?

I have a Dell Precision 690 Workstation with an LSI Integrated RAID controller. I have a 2-disk RAID 0 (what LSI refers to as an IS or Integrated Striping) volume. Recently the motherboard was replaced (and the RAID controller is integrated onto the motherboard). Ever since the motherboard...

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Upgrading Computer Motherboard that currently has two RAID 0 setups

I will be upgrading my computer components with a new motherboard and currently have a RAID-0 setup with my old mb's built-in Promise FastTrak 378 controller. I also have a Promise FastTrak TX4310 pci card controller with another RAID-0 setup. Both have two drives each. Will I lose data on either...

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Installing Win2003 Server on a RAID Disk

Can WIN2003 Server be installed on a disk that is part of a RAID 0 or RAID 1 array? I am trying to install Win2003 Server on an IBM eServer series X206. I have two 80 GIG SATA drives attached to a SATA RAID controller and have them both defined as members of the array. I tried both RAID 0 and RAID...

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Boot drive failure, but RAID is okay

I had to replace my boot drive. Reinstalled Win XP. System found all the drives, but I can not access the RAID. BIOS loads the Adaptec 1200 Raid, I guess from the PCI Card. In Device Mgr, it sees two identical drives RAID 0, but I can not access them. What am I doing wrong? How can I get the two...

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raid 0 array setup

my new two 500 gb drive system has drive one setup as raid 0 with an indication of C: and D: drives of 250 gbs each and no other drives listed. Where is the other 500 gbs

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