streamsanddragonflies
October 17th, 2008, 06:14 AM
I want to try a raid0 array made of 2 25 GiG partitions only, not whole drives. I have a recent 500 GIG Seagate (5 yr warranty) and 100ATA IDE drive and a 2001 dated 10k Ultra160 IBM (Ultrastar) 36 GIG SCSI.
I read that any raid array causes increased heat to the drives and attached cables etc..., and the SCSI model tends to be hotter than some other drives of that era. I need to boost speed for video editing and will create a total of 50 GIGS and mount my /temp folder there (I will be keeping the edit projects very simple).
Hoping that if a drive fails it's the SCSI first, will I have a problem accessing the non raid part of my IDE drive, considering that my 'targeted for raid' partition is within an extended partition?
Is the ratio of increase in drive wear great compared to gains in I/O and speed increase for this type of work? I found so far yeses and nos, I can't decide.
Hoping to finally re-install hardy studio LTS soon, thnks in adv!
Note: I have an HP workstation of same age as SCSI, with many fans so this means that I have adequate cooling environment, right?
:guitar:
I read that any raid array causes increased heat to the drives and attached cables etc..., and the SCSI model tends to be hotter than some other drives of that era. I need to boost speed for video editing and will create a total of 50 GIGS and mount my /temp folder there (I will be keeping the edit projects very simple).
Hoping that if a drive fails it's the SCSI first, will I have a problem accessing the non raid part of my IDE drive, considering that my 'targeted for raid' partition is within an extended partition?
Is the ratio of increase in drive wear great compared to gains in I/O and speed increase for this type of work? I found so far yeses and nos, I can't decide.
Hoping to finally re-install hardy studio LTS soon, thnks in adv!
Note: I have an HP workstation of same age as SCSI, with many fans so this means that I have adequate cooling environment, right?
:guitar: