2011/5/25 Florian Philipp <[log in to unmask]>

> Am 25.05.2011 19:30, schrieb Adrian Sevcenco:
> > On 05/25/2011 04:12 PM, Zack Yovel wrote:
> [...]
> >> I want raid 0 for the speed. MB raid wont give my any speed? maby, but
> >> I'd like to see it with my own eyes...
> > you can set a test configuration : 1 small hdd with operating system (or
> > 2 dual boot OS) and 2 hdds to be used in raid .. just try the desired
> > configurations both wind and linux and see how it goes .. and maybe you
> > post on the list the results of benchmarks.. it is an interesting study
> >
>
> While I support the idea of using a benchmark, I doubt there is one
> which mimics the actual use case (though I don't know the use case to
> begin with). Most likely, any benchmark will just raise new questions
> about it validity instead of resolving the current questions.
>
> >> So you say there is no sane solution for this situation (or none that
> >> you know about?) fine, that answeres my question.
> > the problem is with dual boot situation .. you cannot expect that a raid
> > made by linux to be recognized by windows (the reverse could happen but
> > i don't know this for sure)
> >
> >> I can see you guys really don't like what I'm doing. You don't have to.
> > is not that someone don't like you're doing.. it is the experience of
> > most people from the list. at worst your ideas can one cringe trembling
> > with the thought at own past experiences :D
> > So good luck and share the results .. they will become another reference
> > for others that will try your ideas.
> >
> > Adrian
> >
>
> I still believe the best solution is to abandon dual booting (the only
> reason not to use software RAID) and just use a virtualization
> technology. It's no rocket science, has less performance issues than
> onboard RAID and is more reasonable than rebooting to switch the OS.
>
> Regards,
> Florian Philipp


Funny, the reason I need windows is virtualization. I have tons of Hyper-V
machines that I need for a course I take, and from what I've seen QEMU/KVM
are missing 'revert snapshot'-like feature which is extremely important to
me. Tried using these VHD's in Virtualbox, It's doesn't work really good. so
for now, windows host should stay.