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.