with the specs on my sig, I want to setup RAID 0 on 2 wd800jd 80gb SATA drives
using sata 3,4.
I got thru the endless reboot problem known to occur with nV chipsets on DFI Lanparty boards, and now successfully installed WinXP sp2 with the slipstreamed nvRAID whql drivers. with the help of a dfi-street member fernando and his nLite guide.
now the only thing nagging me now is this: there were only a few choices in the stripe size drop down in the RAID setup console, and the largest was 128kb, I want to make 512kb stripes to compromise performance since I'll be using the array as a mixed drive partitioned in 3 parts and will contain everything from OS, Gamez, Music, Progz/Appz, Vidz. It's basically an all around array, so I'd ideally choose 512kb, I couldn't find any way to do it.
Questions:
1. What is that "Optimal" stripe size in the drop down in the RAID setup console?
2. Is there a way for me to set 512kB stripe size or even larger?
3. The RAID bios I have is 4.52, is there a way to update this?
4. Can I defrag a RAID 0 Array. I want to use perfect disk.
Any help appreciated. thanks.
using sata 3,4.
I got thru the endless reboot problem known to occur with nV chipsets on DFI Lanparty boards, and now successfully installed WinXP sp2 with the slipstreamed nvRAID whql drivers. with the help of a dfi-street member fernando and his nLite guide.
now the only thing nagging me now is this: there were only a few choices in the stripe size drop down in the RAID setup console, and the largest was 128kb, I want to make 512kb stripes to compromise performance since I'll be using the array as a mixed drive partitioned in 3 parts and will contain everything from OS, Gamez, Music, Progz/Appz, Vidz. It's basically an all around array, so I'd ideally choose 512kb, I couldn't find any way to do it.
Questions:
1. What is that "Optimal" stripe size in the drop down in the RAID setup console?
2. Is there a way for me to set 512kB stripe size or even larger?
3. The RAID bios I have is 4.52, is there a way to update this?
4. Can I defrag a RAID 0 Array. I want to use perfect disk.
Any help appreciated. thanks.