Partitioning RAID 0 Drives

Regarding Partitions, are they allowed on a RAID 0 HD? If yes, does the 2nd
drive have to be partiitioned the same way? Thanks!

"Seidell23231" <> wrote in message
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> Regarding Partitions, are they allowed on a RAID 0 HD? If yes, does the
> 2nd
> drive have to be partiitioned the same way? Thanks!
>
>


A RAID array acts as one drive. You can partition as you like. There is no
way to partition each drive separately. The OS doesn't see the individual
drives.

--
Kerry Brown
Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/

Yes.

If you create an array, it shows up as a single drive. You partition it as a
single drive; you don't do anything to the individual physical drives.

For example: I have 3 partitions on my RAID 10 array. It is made up of 4
physical drives.


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"Seidell23231" <> wrote in message
news:F07C919D-7FDD-4538-A19C-...
> Regarding Partitions, are they allowed on a RAID 0 HD? If yes, does the
> 2nd
> drive have to be partiitioned the same way? Thanks!
>
>

Hey Guys, OK so your partitions are created where? via Computer Management
Console? Question, I use to have drive C with just the OS and essentials.
Than I had my seperate drives with different agendas. But with RAID, in
order for it to get the best bang for the buck, I will need to store almost
everything on the C drive (1st drive in the RAID). Am I getting this right,
or should I go back to the drawing board?

Thanks for your time and help, ~~~

"Bob Knowlden" wrote:

> Yes.
>
> If you create an array, it shows up as a single drive. You partition it as a
> single drive; you don't do anything to the individual physical drives.
>
> For example: I have 3 partitions on my RAID 10 array. It is made up of 4
> physical drives.
>
>
> Return address scrambled. Replace nkbob with bobkn.
>
> "Seidell23231" <> wrote in message
> news:F07C919D-7FDD-4538-A19C-...
> > Regarding Partitions, are they allowed on a RAID 0 HD? If yes, does the
> > 2nd
> > drive have to be partiitioned the same way? Thanks!
> >
> >
>
>

I would have multiple partitions on raid-10. Though on a raid-0 with just two
physical drives I think I would choose one big partition unless it was to big
to be created through the os.

"Bob Knowlden" wrote:

> Yes.
>
> If you create an array, it shows up as a single drive. You partition it as a
> single drive; you don't do anything to the individual physical drives.
>
> For example: I have 3 partitions on my RAID 10 array. It is made up of 4
> physical drives.
>
>
> Return address scrambled. Replace nkbob with bobkn.
>
> "Seidell23231" <> wrote in message
> news:F07C919D-7FDD-4538-A19C-...
> > Regarding Partitions, are they allowed on a RAID 0 HD? If yes, does the
> > 2nd
> > drive have to be partiitioned the same way? Thanks!
> >
> >
>
>

On Sat, 8 Mar 2008 21:26:00 -0800, Seidell23231
<> wrote:

> Regarding Partitions, are they allowed on a RAID 0 HD? If yes, does the 2nd
> drive have to be partiitioned the same way? Thanks!



There is no "second" drive. You effectively have a single drive.
That's what happens with RAID.

From a Windows standpoint, you have a single drive that's just like a
real single drive. You can have multiple partitions on it, just like
on a real physical drive.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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Let me repeat: a RAID array appears to Windows as a single drive. That's
independent of how many physical drives make up the array. You can set up
the whole capacity as the C drive if you like. That's true whether the array
is a 2 disk RAID 0 array, or 6 disks in RAID 5.

(Incidentally: if you're creating a RAID 0 array from two drives, the
capacity of the array will be twice that of the smaller of the two drives.
It's best that the drives be the same size, so that none of the capacity
will be unused.)

You create and format a partition during the Vista installation. If you want
multiple partitions, you size the installation partition accordingly. I
believe that I created and formatted the other partitions later, using the
disk management utility. (That's under the "administrative tools" control
panel, computer management, disk management.) This is exactly like you'd do
with a single drive.

"Seidell23231" <> wrote in message
news:2F2ED079-17B4-4E4B-9679-...
> Hey Guys, OK so your partitions are created where? via Computer
> Management
> Console? Question, I use to have drive C with just the OS and essentials.
> Than I had my seperate drives with different agendas. But with RAID, in
> order for it to get the best bang for the buck, I will need to store
> almost
> everything on the C drive (1st drive in the RAID). Am I getting this
> right,
> or should I go back to the drawing board?
>
> Thanks for your time and help, ~~~
>