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scavengertype · 10-23-2003, 06:14 AM

I currently have a RAID-ready mobo (ASUS A7V333) with a single WD Caviar 80GB 8MB cache 7200 drive. I am planning on getting another drive fairly soon, but I recently read that setting up a RAID array is a good way to boost performance.
If I get another identical drive and set them up in a RAID array, I understand that it will be recognized as a single 160GB drive. Will I still have the advantage of the caches, as in a 16MB cache? Can anyone offer any advice or point me to any tutorials or anything about doing this, risks involved, performance, etc.?

10-23-2003, 06:14 AM	#1 (permalink)
scavengertype Tilted	RAID question...... I currently have a RAID-ready mobo (ASUS A7V333) with a single WD Caviar 80GB 8MB cache 7200 drive. I am planning on getting another drive fairly soon, but I recently read that setting up a RAID array is a good way to boost performance. If I get another identical drive and set them up in a RAID array, I understand that it will be recognized as a single 160GB drive. Will I still have the advantage of the caches, as in a 16MB cache? Can anyone offer any advice or point me to any tutorials or anything about doing this, risks involved, performance, etc.?