Legacy Raid 0 or errrr non Legacy Raid 0?

Jon · 07-26-07, 09:04 AM

I'm trying to set up 2 hard drives in a raid 0 config on a silicon image raid controller. My choices are:

1:- Set up the raid in the controllers bios (which sounds great to me). But this limits me to "legacy" raid.

2:- Use the provided windows app to set up raid which gives me the choice of "legacy" or "new" type raid.

Whats the difference? Is (1) hardware raid and (2) software raid?

stncttr908 · 07-26-07, 09:54 AM

Hardware should be faster I believe. Why not try both and bench?

07-26-07, 09:04 AM	#1
Jon Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 515	Legacy Raid 0 or errrr non Legacy Raid 0? I'm trying to set up 2 hard drives in a raid 0 config on a silicon image raid controller. My choices are: 1:- Set up the raid in the controllers bios (which sounds great to me). But this limits me to "legacy" raid. 2:- Use the provided windows app to set up raid which gives me the choice of "legacy" or "new" type raid. Whats the difference? Is (1) hardware raid and (2) software raid? __________________ Intel Q6600 (3.2Ghz)\|Nvidia 260GTX (675/2300)\|Creative x-fi fatal1ty 64mb\|1TB Raid 0 Seagate 7200.10s 8GB Kingston PC2-6400 HyperX (712Mhz 4-4-4-12)\|Thermaltake Tough Power 700w\|Creative GigaWorks S750 (RIP) Thermaltake Armour Super Tower\|Dell Ultrasharp 24" Widescreen LCD\|Pioneer Sata Blu-Ray

07-26-07, 09:54 AM	#2
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