Can you still partition drives with raid 0

[steve1616]

I was just wondering if you can still separate the Operating system from the rest of the hard drive space in a Raid 0 setup by using a partition like you can in normal mode. Also, would I get some of the same benefits as raid0 by not using a raid setup, but putting my OS on a separate hard drive from one of my more intensive programs that relies on the hard drive a lot.

Thanks in advance,

Steve

 

[steve1616]

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[drebo]

was just wondering if you can still separate the Operating system from the rest of the hard drive space in a Raid 0 setup by using a partition like you can in normal mode.

Yes, provided you're not doing a software RAID.

would I get some of the same benefits as raid0 by not using a raid setup, but putting my OS on a separate hard drive from one of my more intensive programs that relies on the hard drive a lot.

That depends on the quality of your RAID controller and the speed of your drives. If you're using a poor quality RAID controller, such as one integrated on to your motherboard, then you're probably better off with two separate drives: one of operating system, one for swap and data. If you've got a high-quality controller and fast drives, then you might see some performance increase with a RAID 0.

However, RAID 1 will increase your fault tolerance as well as your read speeds. So, if you're concerned about game load times, RAID 1 will help more than RAID 0. Although, the margin of difference will probably be negligable and nearly 100% of the time I do not advice RAID on consumer-level systems.

 

[markreflex]

yes you can format it but don't expect to resize the partition you wont be able. you have to delete the array and recreate it to the size you want.

 

[steve1616]

Thank you both for the replies. You both answered the questions I really wanted to know. I really appreciate your help.