hiya, firstly, I hate microsoft, But i am a gamer and cannot configure linux for my requirements, so please no smart comments lie "just go linux man!"
I would like some redundancy in my computer, I have alot of games and I like to configure them so they run nice.
But after alot of problems I started to think, Whats the point in any raid? Is a backup just (if not more) useful?
Sorry, I am ranting
My main problem is windows help ONLY tells you how to configure software raid 0/1 on two spare drives and a third OS drive.
I wanted 2 drives, Bootable and completely mirrored so if I get a drive failure, I can still operate as I was untill a new drive arrives.
Oh How very wrong I was! Fcuking (yes typo was intentional, I am not a swearer by nature) Bill gates!!
Firstly, Windows installs a boot partition of one drive to prevent software copying, So If the main drive goes down, I still have to fix the MBR with original CD, But I cant do that as there is not 100Mb free for the EFI partition after mirroring the rest of the drive there is only 99Mb?.
Secondly, If I had a 3 drive setup, 1=o/s and other two mirrored for games, and the OS drive went down, All the configuration of installed games has gone, The game folders are still on the raid drives but is not installed according to windows.
So I need some real help as to know what to do, What configuration do you guys suggest?
I have some few TB of games, I have lots of 2-3TB HDD sitting around, But I cant see a use for raid in my game situation, For any other use, Yes, I can see a huge use to keep files safe.
I'm still ranting aren't I, Oh I hate microsoft
EDIT - Just thought, I have never worked with a hardware raid, Is this different? Would I still be able to boot in a HDD failure for raid 1?