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Title: Can I set 1 Disk as standard and the other 3 as a RAID0 array?
Post by: bechau on March 22, 2010, 08:52:00 AM

I have Link Station Quad (4-bay). I have 1 x 1TB and 3 x 2TB's drives. Can I set up my disk as follows:

1TB as standard

2TB x 3 as RAID0 array

Thank you

Title: Re: Can I set 1 Disk as standard and the other 3 as a RAID0 array?
Post by: davo on March 22, 2010, 09:10:42 AM

you need either 2 or 4 disks to create a RAID, as far as im aware you cannot create any raid (even raid0) on 3 disks.

Title: Re: Can I set 1 Disk as standard and the other 3 as a RAID0 array?
Post by: bechau on March 22, 2010, 09:35:56 AM

RAID 0 can be set up with 2 or more disks with the aim of striping the data (fast read/write).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID

Title: Re: Can I set 1 Disk as standard and the other 3 as a RAID0 array?
Post by: davo on March 22, 2010, 10:00:18 AM

Please listen to what i'm saying, you cannot setup a RIAD0 on 3 disks! I've tried it and it does not work!

Title: Re: Can I set 1 Disk as standard and the other 3 as a RAID0 array?
Post by: Memoryman on March 23, 2010, 02:53:21 PM

RAID 5 with 3 HDDs and one spare wasn't an available option until the TS3 came out, but you still couldn't use the fourth HDD as storage, just as a spare in case one of the RAID 5 HDDs failed.

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