Vista and software raid

Recommended Posts. Posted January 9, Hey, I'm after a way to create a raid 0 array from 4 1gb usb flash disks. I know there is a way to do it in XP but vista doesnt seem to have the same options : there is nothing in the disk managment snap-in about creating a new volume or creating raid so far as i can see Any one know of a way to create a software raid in vista?

Thanks everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options Posted January 10, An what version of vista do you have? Hardware RAID can be implemented by requiring high hardware requirements, in the form of special disk controllers, but also needs computer motherboard support. This means it takes a high cost to set up hardware RAID. Software RAID is well supported by the operating system, which is implemented by OS kernel module, and no required extraordinary hardware.

It is the best choice for common personal users and server users. RAID 1 is usually implemented as mirroring, is a fault-tolerant volume that duplicates data on two different physical disks. Software RAID 1 is supported on dynamic disks and provides data redundancy by using two identical copies mirrors of the volume.

If either drive fails, the other continues to work as a single drive until the failed drive is replaced. Conceptually simple, RAID 1 is popular for those who require fault tolerance and don't need top-notch read performance. However, you can use a computer that is running XP Professional to setup mirrored volumes on remote computers that are running Windows Server, Windows Advanced Server, or Windows Datacenter Server, or the equivalent versions of Windows Server At the same time, the implementation of software RAID1 is based on two dynamic disks.

One stores the data which is being used, and another keeps a copy of the previous one. If your disks not dynamic, please see "Regarding Basic Disk convert to Dynamic Disk" for more information. Archived Forums. Windows 7 Installation, Setup, and Deployment. Sign in to vote. Can not find the options for creating an software raid-0 to install Windows 7 RC It also must be posible to create a Software raid-1 on the same two disks.

For me this is an must. I tried it with diskpart but this lead to "computer freezes in bios post". Wednesday, May 6, PM. Thursday, August 13, PM. To create a software raid in Windows 7, simply go to the Disk Management part of Computer Management. You will need at minimum two free disks for a RAID 0 or 1.

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