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Thanks for the site Mike, (I just got back from there) it really explains
things well, and thanks to all for the responses!! I think I made the right
choice. I wouldn't use the redundancy and I don't know if I am worried about
the total performance all that much, but it is a sharp trick to put
everything IDE on a separate channel.
By the way,the board itself is a great pick. I'm using the 1.4 Thunderbird
and suddenly Windows really moves!! :)
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>To: Multiple recipients of The_Screwdriver_List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: From The Screwdriver List: Re: To RAID or not to RAID?
>Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 10:33:11 +0100
>
>Grab your Phillips, it's...
>The Latest from The Screwdriver List!
>
>
>
>RAID, meaning (R)edundant (A)rray of (I)nexpensive (D)isks, (Though the
>'I' is
>also sometimes said to mean (I)ndependant) comes in a number of defined
>standards, known as 'Levels'. The most commonly supported levels are 0, 1,
>0+1
>and 5. Each has it's own individual advantages and disadvantages.
>
>Rather than try and explain All the RAID Levels here, I'll point you to:
>http://www.acnc.com/04_01_00.html Where you will find a complete list of
>all
>the RAID Levels, including some of the more exotic ones such as 6 and 7 -
>which
>are almost never used in the real world.
>
>As for whether you need RAID At home, that depends on what you are doing.
>With
>the ABit KT7 and KT7A RAID boards, the most common use is not to use the
>RAID
>Facility, but to use the RAID Controller simply as a second Pair of IDE
>Controllers. This way, if you happen to have four IDE Devices (ie. Two
>HDD's, a
>CD-ROM and a ZIP Drive), you can have each device as a Master device on
>it's own
>on a single IDE Ribbon Cable - Theoretically this give you a better
>performance
>on each device.
>
>Regards,
>Mike Insch - IT Engineer, CCA, DipHE
>SFS Creative Business Solutions Ltd - http://www.sfs-creative.co.uk/
>Tel: +44 (0) 1224 624 014 Fax: +44 (0) 1224 218 318
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