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cartmen34 · 10-05-2004, 10:54 AM

So here's my deal....

I want to build myself a RAID1 array. I've already got a 200GB Maxtor drive, but I don't want to buy another 200GB to make the array with. So, I was thinking I'd buy a 80GB disk and make the array an 80GB array by partitioning the 200GB disk in to two partitions (80/120). I know that if I just slap the drives in the compy and enable RAID, the array wll default to 80GB. That is fine with me, but I want to be sure that I can still use the other 120GB partition of the 200GB disk.

Now..... my question is this: Will this setup work? Can RAID arrays function on a partition of a bigger disk? Or does RAID technology function by copying sector by sector across both disks? Neither of these disks hold the OS, so I can set all this up without having to worry about the OS being on either disk.

Any links or help my fellow tfp'ers can provide will be very helpful. Googling over the last two days has brought me no useful information.... thanks peoples!!

10-05-2004, 10:54 AM	#1 (permalink)
cartmen34 Psycho Location: the hills of aquafina.	argh!! help with RAID1 question please!! So here's my deal.... I want to build myself a RAID1 array. I've already got a 200GB Maxtor drive, but I don't want to buy another 200GB to make the array with. So, I was thinking I'd buy a 80GB disk and make the array an 80GB array by partitioning the 200GB disk in to two partitions (80/120). I know that if I just slap the drives in the compy and enable RAID, the array wll default to 80GB. That is fine with me, but I want to be sure that I can still use the other 120GB partition of the 200GB disk. Now..... my question is this: Will this setup work? Can RAID arrays function on a partition of a bigger disk? Or does RAID technology function by copying sector by sector across both disks? Neither of these disks hold the OS, so I can set all this up without having to worry about the OS being on either disk. Any links or help my fellow tfp'ers can provide will be very helpful. Googling over the last two days has brought me no useful information.... thanks peoples!! __________________ "The problem with quick and dirty, as some people have said, is that the dirty remains long after the quick has been forgotten" - Steve McConnell Last edited by cartmen34; 10-05-2004 at 11:00 AM..