so i know windows 7 ult can make a raid0 or raid1 or jbob,
but i want to do a raid1+0 or a raid10
basically you take 2 drives stripped together and mirror them
with another 2 drive stripped volume (using all the same drives).
http://www.cornercoregeeks.com/2013/06/tricking-windows-and-create-software_23.html
so i know is works in server versions, i just want to confirm it
works in win 7 ult before i spend this weekend attempting it.
http://www.sgvulcan.com/2014/10/31/trick-windows-8-into-creating-a-raid10-stripped-mirrors-array/
BTW: I have a separate OS boot SSD, so this is only for data.
UPDATE: I found a guy who did it with Win7ult and 4x1tb drives;
https://encodingtalk.com/threads/4x1tb-seagate-st31000528as-in-raid10-results.1479/
he posts some amazing performance results depending on setup.
so that was the confirmation I was looking for, thanks for reading.
new related question;
say I have 2 perfect drives and 2 (crap)py ones
(fast transfer but with 20 SMART closed sectors).
how should i mix and match them for my raid10?
perfect+perfect=crap+crap
or
perfect+crap=perfect+crap
and explain why you arrived that your opinion ;)
fair warning to anyone considering doing a windows software raid, just be aware that any sort of abnormal shutdown will result in a long (can be days!) raid rebuilding period where your PC will work just fine, however any HDD operations take three times as long as windows hogs the rebuild priority over your own app HDD needs. so if you load and play a game during a rebuild, loading and cut-scenes will be painful to wait for, but game play itself should go just fine. should you leave your pc unattended such as overnight to rebuild, makes sure any intermittent HDD utilizing software is unloaded as well, or they will slow down your rebuild further. so if your pc runs rock solid and you don't screw around with stuff likely to lock it up and force you to hard boot, then by all means have fun doing windows software data volume raid'ing ;) oh, and one other thing; if you look at encodingtalk's raw test data google doc, you'll notice RAID 10 benefits most when you have a few large sequential files to READ, such as loading 2GB worth of game client software into your RAM. using RAID 10 to work with thousands of small files around the same time, will only benefit the WRITE not the READ.
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