>From what I have seen getting the RAID set is very short compared to formatting the drive.
Jon On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 1:03 PM, Sean Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > I'd opt for the dual RAID 1. You typically don't want to stripe your > page file. As far as provisioning, it should be fairly quick > regardless of which RAID type you choose. > > - Sean > > On 1/3/12, Glen Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Haven't created a raid 10 set on that controller, but a raid 1 is almost > > instantaneous. > > > > From: David Lum [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 10:16 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: RAID array rebuild Q > > > > I have a client that I get to flatten and rebuild an OS (an > > already-mentioned-here move from 64-bit 2008 to 2008 R2), as part of the > > change I am going -on the same server- from a 3-disk RAID5 setup to a > > 4-disk dual RAID1 setup (or RAID10, can't decide, but almost the same > > thing). My question is this - should I expect it to take long to > reconfigure > > the disks and be able to start loading the OS? Mainly I'm wondering if > > there's a long "please wait while building array" step once I configure > the > > RAID arrays in the system setup (in this case, Dell PERC 6/I, four 450GB > SAS > > drives on a Dell T605 tower). > > David Lum > > Systems Engineer // NWEATM > > Office 503.548.5229 // Cell (voice/text) 503.267.9764 > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > --- > > To manage subscriptions click here: > > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > > or send an email to > > [email protected]<mailto: > [email protected]> > > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > --- > > To manage subscriptions click here: > > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > > or send an email to [email protected] > > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
