Windows 10: RAID 0 Improvement- I've never had an array fail with modern HDD's

Hi folks

I've been using a server for a few years now running 24/7 (OS on SSD and data on a RAID 0 arrary of 4 X 5 TB HDD's) -- I know if I get a fail I lose the whole array but a lot of data is multi-media etc which isn't changed a lot and I have backups. I also run VM's (performance is much faster in this way) and PC backups from Lan plus file shares (media streaming etc).

I read all these things about saying don't use RAID 0 - use RAID 10 -- but the performance is much better with RAID 0 and these days decent HDD's are reliable --and in any case if you have backup it's easy to re-build the array.

If you use RAID 10 you do get some improvement - not as great as pure RAID 0 though but of course you reduce the data volume size due to the amount set aside for mirroring / striping so recovery is possible with the loss of up to half the array.

I tested also with 2 arrays of 2 X 5TB each but the 4 X 5 TB array was far better. (Note if you do this type of thing on a Linux / NAS server the HDD's can be all different sizes too so a good way of using old HDD's as well.

As always with these things --Risk to reward ratio !! but if you have backups then to me the speed / performance advantage of RAID 0 is well worth it - the convienience of having a massive data store staves all the problems of HDD's getting full / moving stuff around / organising volumes etc.

Keep the OS on an SSD and it's really fine. Pesonally given the reliability of HDD's these days then there isn't a problem in using RAID 0. A lot of people on these boards have RAID cards or use Software RAID on NAS type systems -- it's worth looking at RAID 0 if you need more space / performance but ensure you have backups.

Most people aren't running military grade systems which require mission critical availability at all times and the falure these days of HDD's - even consumer grade ones is grossly overdone.

When large volume cheap SSD's are available the improvement will be even more dramatic !!!! especially file sharing / multi-media sharing lwhen a few users on LAN.

Cheers
jimbo

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raid 0 array installation

im trying to install windows 10 on a raid 0 array and when i select the drive to install to it splits the array and then cannot install to either parts

Me

the array is 3 1TB drives. it sees it as 3 TB in the installation manager, but when i try to select it it splits it to a 2TB drive and a 1TB drive. it then wont let me install to either drive

I have windows 10 pro

I set up the array in bios and all is well

I boot to installation media dvd and it says "a media driver your computer needs is missing.

I select the new raid driver and install it.

Then it asks for installation destination, it sees my 3 TB array but when i click on it it separates it into a 2 TB drive and a 1TB drive and then it gives me an error saying " we couldnt install windows in the location you chose. please check your media
drive. heres ore info about what happened: 0x80300024"

 

Adding an internal hdd after Raid 0 but system keeps adding it to Raid configuration

I have a Dell Dimension 9200 Desktop with Windows 10 installed on in Raid 0 on two identical Seagate Barracuda Sata Hdds. I'm trying to add a Samsung 2TB internal hard drive. After activating the appropriate Sata location in the bios (Sata2. The two Raid
hdds are on Sata1 & 4 with my optical drive on sata0), the computer tries to boot with the Samsung drive in Raid and freezes on the boot screen. How do I make my computer recognize this drive strictly as an additional sata hdd without it attaching it to the
raid array?

Thanks in advance,

Miles

 

[FIXED] "Optimise Drives" lists the partitions on my 3 x HDD RAID 0 array ( C: and System Reserved ) as being Solid State Drives

...and therefore the system tool will not defrag them. chkdsk and sfc /scannow display no errors. The BIOS has nothing specifically related to SSDs and BIOS settings remain unchanged. Aida64 sees the RAID array being comprised of HDDs. msinfo32 lists
the RAID volume as a "Fixed Hard Disk". So what's up with the disk optimiser?

I don't know how, why, or when this happened nor how to fix it. Is there a flag in the registry I can set to change the media type?

Windows 10 Pro 10.0.10586.3 (64-Bit)

mobo: Rampage II Extreme

CPU: intel i7-965

storage: 3 x 600GB WD Caviar Black HDD ( Raid 0 ), Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB, WD Caviar Black 2TB (note that the latter two HDDs are correctly listed as HDDs.