defragmentation on RAID 0 - WinXP

[jealouse]

greetings!

I'm running a pair of SATA Raptors 74GB on RAID 0. The controller is NVidia RAID onboard on Asus A8N-VM CSM motherboard.

Just ran the XP defrag analysis and it recommends that I run degrag. However, since i'm running RAID 0, I was wondering if what WinXP defrag is reporting is accurate, and that it is safe to run it.

Thanks in advance for your comment

 

[boomerang]

I run it from time to time.

Same setup as you but different motherboard.

Remember, the array appears as one drive to Windows. What you are seeing is correct.

 

[jealouse]

Originally posted by: boomerang
I run it from time to time.

Same setup as you but different motherboard.

Remember, the array appears as one drive to Windows. What you are seeing is correct.

thanks for the reply

so you have no problem running xp defrag? it doesn't mess up your system files or whatnots?

and is it effective? i mean, before vs. after defrag, do u notice performance gain?

just want to be 100% certain it's safe to use...

thanks

 

[Nothinman]

It's safe, but whether it'll have any appreciable affect or not is up in the air. I would bet that it won't, but there's still a lot of people out there convinced that their defragging actually does something for them.

 

[scottws]

Defragmentation made a huge difference for me back when I was on Windows 95, but I haven't noticed much of an impact since then when I do it.

 

[wseyller]

I have two raptors in raid 0 and after I defrag it helps alot with noticable difference.