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Old 03-14-2007, 10:26 PM   #1
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Max amount of disks for raid 0?

Is their a max? Just wondering, I thought it was as much as the board could support, but then I've heard it's a max of 4. Anyone here anything on this?
 
Old 03-14-2007, 11:53 PM   #2
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The maximum for hardware RAID is the number of drives supported by that board. There is no practical limit for software RAID - the limitation will come from bus bandwidth.
 
Old 03-15-2007, 02:47 PM   #3
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It isn't a technical limitation but 2. Don't ever use more for raid0 unless you hate your data.
 
Old 03-15-2007, 03:25 PM   #4
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I think it is because you will have more of a chance of drive failing making it unusable, right?
 
  


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