On 30 August 2007, "Alain Spineux" aspineux@gmail.com wrote:
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RAID 1 is mirroring (data are stored on both diks), RAID 0 is striping (data are split between both disk). If one disk fail, You will loose your data in RAID 0, not in RAID 1.
You can change this setting yourself later using the BIOS menu or the DELL CD.
I recommend RAID 1 for safety
Regards
PS: RAID 1 don't dispense you to regularly check if both disk are healthy and how to replace a defect one without losing valuable data saved on the other.
Alain: Thank you. RAID 1 it is. Also, I will do burn in tests, on the RAM and drives, before I begin configuring the box. And, learning how to remove/replace a defective drive is something I should do. Lanny
Lanny Marcus spake the following on 8/30/2007 8:46 AM:
On 30 August 2007, "Alain Spineux" aspineux@gmail.com wrote:
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<snip> > RAID 1 is mirroring (data are stored on both diks), RAID 0 is striping (data > are split between both disk). > If one disk fail, You will loose your data in RAID 0, not in RAID 1. > > You can change this setting yourself later using the BIOS menu or the DELL > CD. > > I recommend RAID 1 for safety > > Regards > > PS: RAID 1 don't dispense you to regularly check if both disk are healthy > and how to replace a defect one without losing valuable data saved on the > other. > Alain: Thank you. RAID 1 it is. Also, I will do burn in tests, on the RAM and drives, before I begin configuring the box. And, learning how to remove/replace a defective drive is something I should do. Lanny
VMWare is a good way to experiment with things like that.
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