Creating Raid0 and multiple OS on it.

[veldi]

Hey guys. I've got myself 3x500gb Seagate drives with the mentioned intent. Got Asus Maximus Formula mobo.

I've read many tutorials and whatnot but I'm unsure how to install multiple OS's on the array. Does it go the same way as with one drive? Should I expect problems to deal with?

OS's I want to put up are:

Vista x64
Server 2008
XP 32bit
Arch or Gentoo Linux


What are your suggestions?

 

[almighty]

if it's "hardware" raid it will be the same as any OS. just need the drivers to install the OS.

 

[DonDon]

Hey guys. I've got myself 3x500gb Seagate drives with the mentioned intent. Got Asus Maximus Formula mobo.

I've read many tutorials and whatnot but I'm unsure how to install multiple OS's on the array. Does it go the same way as with one drive? Should I expect problems to deal with?

OS's I want to put up are:

Vista x64
Server 2008
XP 32bit
Arch or Gentoo Linux


What are your suggestions?

Well, since you didn't give us a lot of info to work with, and I am too lazy to do your research for you, I will have to make a couple of assumptions.

If the Asus Max is an Intel based Mobo with a Matrix based Raid controller, you will have 2 options.

You can create 1 big Raid 0 array, and create a separate partition for each OS install.

Otherwise, you can create a separate Raid 0 partition for each install.

Either way, you are screwed if a drive dies on you.

Otherwise you can do the same thing with RAID 5 arrays. That will cut down performance and space availability, but give you some redundancy if a drive fails.

Don