to RAID or not to RAID?
to RAID or not to RAID?
(OP)
I am about to spec new workstations for myself and a coworker. Is it safe to say that the hard disk is the bottleneck when loading/saving large assemblies, and that RAID 0 would make loading/saving large assemblies significantly faster? The motherboard will have a built in RAID controller so I figured we might as well take advantage of it. I was thinking of getting two 36GB SATA 10kRPM 8MB cache WD Raptor drives in RAID 0 configuration. Any thoughts?
Chris Montgomery
Mechanical Engineer
www.adaptivequipment.com






RE: to RAID or not to RAID?
John Richards Sr. Mech. Engr.
Rockwell Collins Flight Dynamics
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RE: to RAID or not to RAID?
Of course I should have prefaced my comments with the following disclaimer: I don't use SATA and my Raid 0 was removed by my IT Department, and I am regurgitating several diffrent articles I have read on the subject.
Ray Reynolds
"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home."
Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977
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RE: to RAID or not to RAID?
Chris Montgomery
Mechanical Engineer
www.adaptivequipment.com
RE: to RAID or not to RAID?
The problem was that this was very unstable, and sometimes it failed to recompile my data, and I would get errors. The drivers were reinstalled twice by our IT Department, and then they just gave up on the whole issue. They are currently experimenting with “unstriped” SATA Raid 1 on a different machine. It’s only been running since Tuesday, but so far it looks good.
Ray Reynolds
"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home."
Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977
Have you read FAQ731-376 to make the best use of Eng-Tips Forums?
RE: to RAID or not to RAID?
You might want to think about data redundancy since a failure of one drive in RAID 0 would not be recoverable.
Dr. Gonzo