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steve2470

(37,468 posts) Mon Dec 12, 2011, 05:43 PM Dec 2011

Running a RAID5 array with 2 SSD's and a mechanical hard drive under XP possible ? [View all]

My son is using one of my old computers which has two SSD's. He added an old mechanical hard drive for storage of his videos and MP3's.

I'm being lazy here, but is there any way he can run the SSD's as a RAID5 array and the mechanical hard drive under Windows XP ? He's already tried and XP cannot see the mechanical hard drive. So far I've left him alone to figure this out, but now I'm curious. Thanks a lot for your time.

Steve

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Running a RAID5 array with 2 SSD's and a mechanical hard drive under XP possible ? [View all] steve2470 Dec 2011 OP

Not sure, but I use an external NAS to handle my RAID5 configuration. n/t Dawgs Dec 2011 #1

I think a lot of machines don't like this Renew Deal Dec 2011 #2

Depends on the goal... Dead_Parrot Dec 2011 #3

Thank you for the link and your time. steve2470 Dec 2011 #4

a raid5 needs a minimum of three disks foo_bar Dec 2011 #5

ah... Dead_Parrot Dec 2011 #6

thanks for your help so far, my bad about RAID5, now...... steve2470 Dec 2011 #7

The external is probably USB2 and an XP box is likely to only handle USB1. HopeHoops Dec 2011 #8

Spot on again. wandy Dec 2011 #10

That's not technically true. All of the PARTITIONS must be identical. HopeHoops Dec 2011 #11

Yes. Yes. Sorry, showing my age. wandy Jan 2012 #19

Yeah, I remember a certain 300mb beer cooler with 12 platters. HopeHoops Jan 2012 #20

Sorry, you can't DissedByBush Dec 2011 #9

Mirroring is best with two drives. Yeah, half the space, but safe. HopeHoops Dec 2011 #12

I only wish I could afford the setup at work DissedByBush Dec 2011 #13

10K? HopeHoops Dec 2011 #14

10,000 RPM DissedByBush Dec 2011 #15

Ah, got it. As for SSD, the mini came pre-installed with Linux. HopeHoops Dec 2011 #16

We definitely do store a lot now DissedByBush Dec 2011 #17

A SHITload. HopeHoops Dec 2011 #18