160 Gig Maxtor Sata

[Whitelightning]

I just got a 160 gig maxtor sata....can i partition it into 2 80 gigs and run it in raid 0??? Or do I need another 160gig to do that....

[suchuwato]

i dont think you can run one partitioned drive in raid, coz you need two physical drives to plug in

[cchalogamer]

Not ever trying RAID nor haveing the moeny to try im just goign by what i think here. I think RAID requires 2 drives that are exactly the same. Therefore havign a single drive it would not work. even if it did i wouldnt speed anythign up bc ur using the same cable with the same limitations just speed would be split btwn the two partitions. so possibly even slower i THINK.

 

Again if im wrong (meanign someone that has experence tells u otherwise) forget what i said. If im right bouns points to me fo not being a total idiot. Now back to AP comp. Science, time to program some java

[Whitelightning]

Ahhh it was worth a shot...I thought if I partitioned it the computer might think there is 2 drives and then I could use raid 0....oh well....time to order another drive

[LobbDogg]

yes to effectively do RAID 0, you need 2 physical hard drives. There would be no advantage to partition to 2 partitions and try it that way. Plus I don't know of anyway to actually set that up. Any RAID setup utility I've ever used always requires atleast 2 physical disks.

[suchuwato]

if you did partition it would be too slow to be any improvemnet anyway

[anthony]

thyey do not have to be the same

 

lets say you got a 160 and a 80, that would equal 160gb, its the smaller number that counts..

 

or lets say you got a 120 and a 160, that would be 240

[suchuwato]

same make is better tho

[henbenley]

yea the more similar the drives are the better they are going to perform, but raid is still better than no raid