Drive Configuration:
Partitions:
DISK 0 C:\ FAT 1028 D:\NTFS3342 FREE SPACE=4346
DISK 1 E:\ NTFS 4738 FREE SPACE=3977
DISK 2 F:\ FAT 4001 FREE SPACE=4714
Tangent says their hardware raid system will cause the C:\NT 4.0
partition to be supported and bootable with RAID 5.
QUESTIONS:
1. DO YOU NEED TO PARTITION THE RAID 5 STRIPE SET AS NTFS OR AS FAT?
2. WILL FAT OR NTFS PARTITIONED DRIVES WRITE TO A RAID 5 STRIPE SET
WHICH IS EITHER FORMATED AS FAT OR NTFS [EXCHANGABLE]? AND DOES
THAT EFFECT RECOVERY SHOULD A DRIVE GO DOWN?
3. ARE RAID 5 PARITY STRIPE SETS ASSIGNED A DRIVE LETTER OR DO YOU
LEAVE THEM WITHOUT ANY?
4. DOES IT MAKE MORE SENSE TO CREATE A RAID 1 MIRROR SET FOR THE C:\
DRIVE. THE SAME FOR THE F:\FAT DRIVE PARTITION & WHAT'S LEFT OVER AS
RAID 5 PARTITIONS.
Thanks in advance for your imput on this matter. All constructive
comments would be most appreciated.
Best Regards,
J.M.
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