image of boot drive for raid

[runLoganrun]

Can I clone my OS drive, setup raid 0, then clone it back onto the raid drives, or does it have to be reinstalled?
Appreciate any help with this,

Thanks

[DeaconFrost]

I would think it would have to be reinstalled, since it wasn't setup on an array initially. To each his own, but after trying RAID0, I didn't notice anything different, and went back to using them as separate drives.

[BartY]

It depends on how you set up the RAID array, ie., what controller you use, what drivers, etc.

If you create your image on the same controller, using the same drivers, but without RAID enabled in the hardware, then you will probably be OK.

[shade_star]

It should be fine just make sure that the raid driver is installed for the controller before imaging. This way when you image back to the array the drivers for windows will be on the image

[xX_Jack_Carver_Xx]

Not sure about the other makers, but Maxblast4 has no problem cloning your boot drive to a raid array.

I install XPpro on an 80G IDE, then once its all setup and happy I image it to 2x Raptor raid0. Takes no time at all.

Occasionally I image it back to the IDE, so I have a good backup of the entire install.

On NVidia boards (NF2-NF590), I use the raid controller to its max. drive 1 on controller 1 drive 2 on controller 2, this allows the driver to access both drives/controllers simultaneously in parrallel. Combined with Raptor's speed this makes for a nice peppy setup.

[runLoganrun]

How much faster would the raid 0 array be, going from one Raptor to two?

[Grentz]

How much faster would the raid 0 array be, going from one Raptor to two?

Not much in all honesty. I have yet to see any test that shows a huge advantage vs. the double risk of failure rate and more complicated restores/setups/etc.


IMO RAID 0 is not "real" RAID and not really needed for fast drives like the Raptors. Only thing it really is good for is if you are running HUGE photoshop images and CAD work.

I can be the first to load up into any match on BF2 and BF2142 easily with just my single Raptor X drive.

BTW, another reason I think RAID 0 should not really be called RAID is because of what RAID stands for....Redundant Array of Independent Drives which RAID 0 is not (it is not redundant).

[Grimmda]

I'm a personal follower of raided (0) Raptors... Not sure if that's what you're using.

I had a scenario like you're describing here when I went from one drive to two of them in a Raid 0 as well and I opted for a clean install with a little F6 on XP Setup boot to load my device driver and started over.

Then again I also have a "file server" where I store all my data at home so it's no big deal to reimage it with a fresh copy of your O/S of choice...