[Gardinen]

If I've got a RAID 0 array with two partitions (c:=8GB and d:=the rest) and another 80gb disc on another IDE controller, where should I put the page file??

It is said that it should be on the fastest drives, which would be on the D partition on the RAID array. But I've also heard that it should be on another physical harddrive.

Oh, and also...how large should the paging file be? I've got 512mb of ram

[Murdock]

Originally posted by Gardinen
If I've got a RAID 0 array with two partitions (c:=8GB and d:=the rest) and another 80gb disc on another IDE controller, where should I put the page file??

It is said that it should be on the fastest drives, which would be on the D partition on the RAID array. But I've also heard that it should be on another physical harddrive.

Oh, and also...how large should the paging file be? I've got 512mb of ram

I recomend you to set the page file on the raid controlled drive D: ,because its raid controlled and faster C Drive is to small for your pagefile,an what consern the value of the paging file i recomend you the value wich
windows set, or set your value experimental wich is best for your system.

[Murdock]

Originally posted by Murdock
I recomend you to set the page file on the raid controlled drive D: ,because its raid controlled and faster C Drive is to small for your pagefile,an what consern the value of the paging file i recomend you the value wich
windows set, or set your value experimental wich is best for your system.

btw
It depend on your size of the D: Drive if it's bigger then the C Drive.
Why is your C: Drive so small???....

[Gardinen]

Well I'm runnin RAID yet, but I'm planning to do that. Right now I'm runnin my Maxtor 80GB split up in two partitions. 8gb with windows on and about 70 gb for the D drive.
But I've seen some configurations on the net, about having one IDE drive as the "Windows" drive and the RAID array as a file array. But wouldn't it be the best configuration if Windows is installed on the RAID array??

Also, is it recommended to use RAID 0 setup at all, or should I just use the two drives as usual?? (have ordered two Barracuda SATA drives)

[Murdock]

Originally posted by Gardinen
Well I'm runnin RAID yet, but I'm planning to do that. Right now I'm runnin my Maxtor 80GB split up in two partitions. 8gb with windows on and about 70 gb for the D drive.
But I've seen some configurations on the net, about having one IDE drive as the "Windows" drive and the RAID array as a file array. But wouldn't it be the best configuration if Windows is installed on the RAID array??

Also, is it recommended to use RAID 0 setup at all, or should I just use the two drives as usual?? (have ordered two Barracuda SATA drives)

For increasing speed u can best install windows and the page file on the raid drive..

[Gardinen]

so basically both windows and the page file on the RAID array??

[Murdock]

Originally posted by Murdock
For increasing speed u can best install windows and the page file on the raid drive..

btw you can connect the 2 ordered drives on Raid 0 and Raid 1 as master configuration

or raid 0 master/slave configuration.....

[Gardinen]

Well the thing is that its SATA RAID and it's only two SATA connections on the NF7-S motherboard. But I think I will connect the two SATA disks as RAID and use as primary disks. Although splitting it up in two partitions.

Or should I perhaps just install windows on a seperate ATA 133 harddrive and use the two RAID drives as a dedicated filesystem??

[Crash Override]

basically what I've typically done is this

Hook up my RAID array

Create 8 partitions

1 6GB Partition for Windows

1 60GB Partition for Programs

1 1GB Partition for Page File with Page File set to 768MB

1 20GB Partition for eMule

1 20GB Partition for Bittorrent

1 20GB Partition for kazaa

2 15GB Partitons for me and my fiances documents

So with our 2 80GB drives it ended up like that

However you can feel free to do it however you want