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Old 06-18-2003, 01:01 PM   #1 (permalink)
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RAID Channels ???
Hello,

What's the deal with RAID channels? I never quite understood what they meant. Like can a 2 channel RAID card only support 2 RAID 0 drives? What if I want to put like 3 or 4 drives in a RAID 0 array?

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hope this helps
http://www.acnc.com/04_01_00.html
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Old 06-18-2003, 01:10 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Thanks, I understand the concepts of RAID already, but I am unsure about specific configuration features, such as channels and number of drives per channel.
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two channel=2 drives/ 4 channel=4 drives ect....
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it depends on what raid type you want RAID 0 , 0+1 ,1 , 2 . ext right now im runnin RAID 0 with 2 drives in raid and one more for backup- total 3 drives my friend has 4 drives in RAID 0 with one for backup- total 5 drives
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What about cards that have 2 channels but state that they support 4 drives in RAID 0?

I'm interested in running 3 drives in RAID 0.
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two channel with four drives have 2 master 2 slave drives or in your case two master one slave but IMO i woud ust two in RAID 0 and the third for back up
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The channels have nothing to do with RAID, just IDE.
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yup just means haw many IDE plugs ther are
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Old 06-18-2003, 02:33 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Ahhh.... So I can buy a 2 channel card and make a big fat 4 drive RAID 0 array?

Also, any opinions on either Promise or Silicon Image RAID controllers?
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