Can I change my array after I have put data on it?
The stripesize or stripewidth of a level 0 or level 0+1 array can not be changed without rebuilding the array. This will cause all data to be lost. For level 1 and level 0+1 additional mirror drives can added to provide additional data [...]
Can I use different sized/typed disks for my array?
Yes, but for all levels (except JBOD) you will lose some capacity on the largest drives.
For level 0, total capacity is equal to the stripe width times the smallest drive.
For level 1, total capacity is equal to the smallest drive.
For level 0+1, total capacity is equal [...]
The different types of RAID is typically referred to as ‘levels’. This FAQ will focus on level 0, 1 and 0+1 since these are what is most often supported by embedded RAID controllers.
Level 0 : Striping.
Level 0 provides increased performance by writing alternating blocks of data (referred to as the stripesize) to 2 or [...]
Hard drive is relatively weak, it will produce bad sectors if used improperly, this is a prelude to scrapping the hard disk, you should back up important data in advance. Hard disk damage points “logical bad sectors” and “physical bad sectors” two. The former general available software repair; the latter track that had a physical [...]
My motherboard chipset is 848P, CPU is P42.0A GHz, HDD 80GB, video card for the ATI9200, memory 256MB, installed the WinXP Pro, in order to transfer the units and large data files between home and recently bought an IBM 40GB external hard disk, but when I connected the hard drive to the computer copying large [...]
A computer motherboard is Intel i875P chipset, 80GB SATA hard drive, recently due to the computer with a virus and decided to format the hard disk to reinstall the system, but when I use the Format command in DOS, it can not format the C drive, When using FDISK partition command it prompted “Error reading [...]
