I have 2 SATA 320GB in a HW RAID 0.
Results in 596GB usable.
No other internal HD present. Have external backup drive.
1. What would be the optimal stripe and cluster sizes? I know there's debate on this and I have read a lot of it, just wanted some additional feedback on these specs.
2. Also, is there any point to making a 32GB or 64GB C: partition for the OS (Win XP) with the remaining as D: for storage? Or, does this negate the speed advantage of RAID 0? Should I just make it one 596MB C: drive for everything?
3. Finally, should I put a pagefile on both partitions (if partitioning like the above scenario)?
p.s. I don't want to not RAID and have 2 physical drives of 320GB. I may add a small(er) 10K rpm HD later just for OS, but that's another day. For now I definitely want the RAID 0.
Thanks!
Results in 596GB usable.
No other internal HD present. Have external backup drive.
1. What would be the optimal stripe and cluster sizes? I know there's debate on this and I have read a lot of it, just wanted some additional feedback on these specs.
2. Also, is there any point to making a 32GB or 64GB C: partition for the OS (Win XP) with the remaining as D: for storage? Or, does this negate the speed advantage of RAID 0? Should I just make it one 596MB C: drive for everything?
3. Finally, should I put a pagefile on both partitions (if partitioning like the above scenario)?
p.s. I don't want to not RAID and have 2 physical drives of 320GB. I may add a small(er) 10K rpm HD later just for OS, but that's another day. For now I definitely want the RAID 0.
Thanks!