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