Moving OS from C: drive to RAID array
FallGuy
WinXP from my C: drive to the RAID array. Is there an easy way to do that?
Should I partition the RAID array with a separate partition for the OS? And
is this the right thing to do since I do a lot of digital video editing and
I capture and edit on the RAID array.
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> Now that I have my A7N8X RAID array set up on the SATA ports, I want to
move
> WinXP from my C: drive to the RAID array. Is there an easy way to do that?
Use Ghost or DriveImage to clone your C: drive to the RAID disk.
Disconnect the C: drive.
Boot from your WinXP CD - hit F6 when it tells you, and install the RAID
drivers from the floppy - then do a Repair Install.
Do NOT try and boot from the cloned RAID array without doing the Repair
Install and RAID driver part !
If you don't disconnect C: for XP installation, then your RAID array will be
D: !
It's MUCH more preferable to install WinXP on your RAID array, from scratch.
Don't forget the F6 part though. Once up and running, you can then connect
your IDE drive(s) back, and copy across what you need.
> Should I partition the RAID array with a separate partition for the OS?
And
> is this the right thing to do since I do a lot of digital video editing
and
> I capture and edit on the RAID array.
I wouldn't bother. The chances of losing ALL your data are VASTLY increased
with a RAID array. And you'll find the actual speed increase won't be that
great. A better idea would be to keep the RAID array seperate, and use it
solely for video work. It'll be quicker if there's no OS on there. Be sure
to put your pagefile on a seperate drive.
FallGuy
I've found so far that the best combination is to simply move the Windows
swap file to the RAID array. O/I has always been the bottleneck for me, and
the swapfile doesn't seem to kick in until you are pushing the limits of RAM
(which is obviously faster than any other sort of I/O). The only question I
have is that I thought I would have a performance hit from having the
swapfile on the same drive as the capture file, but that hasn't seemed to be
true so far. Any idea why? Can you think of a better arrangement?
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> I've found so far that the best combination is to simply move the Windows
> swap file to the RAID array. O/I has always been the bottleneck for me,
and
> the swapfile doesn't seem to kick in until you are pushing the limits of
RAM
> (which is obviously faster than any other sort of I/O). The only question
I
> have is that I thought I would have a performance hit from having the
> swapfile on the same drive as the capture file, but that hasn't seemed to
be
> true so far. Any idea why? Can you think of a better arrangement?
Surely when you're capturing, it doesn't need the use of the swapfile - the
data is just going straight into the capture file.
Does your video software support it's own "scratch disc" ? If so, stick THIS
on the RAID array, and forget about the Windows swapfile - if you've got a
reasonable amount of RAM (512MB or more), you'll find that Windows hardly
ever dips into swap space.