hi guys question about RAID !!
i just bought a raid card the supports this
Supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1 (Optional)
i am wondering if i raid 2 drives RAID 0 mirror and install windows on it and work on that if later down the line i want to add an extra one on RAID 0 do i need to reinstall everything or can i just plug it in and it will start distributing data over the new HD as well
this is the specification of the PCi card i bought
Features:
This Serial ATA host controller card is designed to offer a high performance,
cost effective and reliability solution to user who needs to accommodate storage peripherals with the new Serial ATA interface,
It can control two independent Serial ATA channels, each channel has its own Serial ATA bus and will support one Serial ATA device.
This card supports the Serial ATA (Generation 1) transfer rate of 1.5Gb/s (150MB/s).
Made in China
Specifications:
Silicon Image Sil3114 SATA controller chip
Compliant with PCI Specification, Rev. 2.3, 32bit, 33/66MHz
Compliant with Serial ATA 1.0 specification
Supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1 (Optional)
HDDs Function Normally When Not in RAID Sets
Automatically Select Highest Available Transfer Speed for All ATA and ATAPI Device
Supports SATA up to 150MB/sec
Supports all UDMA and PIO Modes
Supports up to 4 SATA Device
Supports ACPI and ATA/ATAPI
Supports Windows 98, 98SE, Me, 2000, XP, 2003 and NT4.0, Linux and NetWare
RAID Functions(Optional):
Supports RAID functions 0 or 1
Supports co-exist RAID set and Non-RAID HDD
Allow HDDs with different sizes to be configured in RAID set
Package contents:
User Manual
Serial ATA host controller card
4x Serial ATA cable
4x Molex to SATA power cable
Driver CD