[BC] RAID servers

[Bernie Courtney]

That is incorrect.  If you have a proper raid controller in the machine, the
OS see's a virtual drive and can install to that.  If you loose a drive, you
go into the BIOS on the controller and rebuild the array no sweat - that's
the whole point of a true RAID array.  Some of the cheap 'RAID' solutions
marketed are not really true RAID controllers  that support bootable OS's
residing on their drives.

You are correct in that good practice dictates a logical array for the OS
and a seperate logical array for the data and applications to reside.

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Bernie Courtney
Metro Broadcast Services
bcourtney at metrobcast.com

On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 5:36 PM, Jerry Mathis <thebeaver32 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I don't claim to be a RAID expert, but I've always understood that a RAID
> array holds DATA ONLY, or at least NOT the OS. The C: drive should be a
> SEPARATE drive. I can understand how RAID wouldn't work if the OS and
> program in ON the RAID drives.
>
> --
> Jerry Mathis