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What are the advanges of dynamic drives.
I have read a few things about dynamic drives and it seems a very atractive
feature. However I would be very thankfull if someone could give me some suggestions on aplying dinamic drives to a 2 x 80 GB IDE HDD PC. I was thinking splitting multiple partitions between the 2 drives, I could even add an extra drive. Could I get some raid characteristics. I would like some suggestions before doing anything. Thanks in advance for any tip you could share with me. Luis Reyna |
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What are the advanges of dynamic drives.
You could also do a Google search.
"Luis Reyna" wrote in message ... I have read a few things about dynamic drives and it seems a very atractive feature. However I would be very thankfull if someone could give me some suggestions on aplying dinamic drives to a 2 x 80 GB IDE HDD PC. I was thinking splitting multiple partitions between the 2 drives, I could even add an extra drive. Could I get some raid characteristics. I would like some suggestions before doing anything. Thanks in advance for any tip you could share with me. Luis Reyna |
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What are the advanges of dynamic drives.
Try:http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d...p/all/proddocs
/en-us/dm-dynamic_overview.mspx "Luis Reyna" wrote: I have read a few things about dynamic drives and it seems a very atractive feature. However I would be very thankfull if someone could give me some suggestions on aplying dinamic drives to a 2 x 80 GB IDE HDD PC. I was thinking splitting multiple partitions between the 2 drives, I could even add an extra drive. Could I get some raid characteristics. I would like some suggestions before doing anything. Thanks in advance for any tip you could share with me. Luis Reyna |
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What are the advanges of dynamic drives.
If you have properly connected the new drive to your system, the first choice
you will face is whether to make the drive "Basic" or "Dynamic". Basic The standard disk type used in previous versions of Windows. Basic disks are divided into partitions and can be used with previous versions of Windows. Dynamic An enhanced disk type for Windows 2000 that can be updated without having to restart the system (in most cases). Dynamic disks are divided into volumes. For Windows XP and Windows 2000 users, select "Basic". However, if you are running Windows 2003 Server, you may be tempted to select "Dynamic". The Dynamic setting allows you to do Software RAID 0 (mirroring). The Dynamic setting can still be set on XP or 2000, but you lose the ability to perform tasks like Diskcopy. You can convert a Basic Disk to a Dynamic Disk and vice versa. If you upgrade to a Dynamic disk, you won't be able to boot into previous versions of Windows. You can access dynamic disks only from computers that are running Windows 2000, Windows XP Professional, or Windows XP 64-Bit Edition. You cannot access dynamic disks from computers running MS-DOS, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT 4.0 or earlier, or Windows XP Home Edition. This restriction also means that you cannot start any of these operating systems if you convert the disk containing the system volume to dynamic Also, if you choose to go from Dynamic back to Basic, you will have to delete all your partitions first. "Andrew E." wrote: Try:http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d...p/all/proddocs /en-us/dm-dynamic_overview.mspx "Luis Reyna" wrote: I have read a few things about dynamic drives and it seems a very atractive feature. However I would be very thankfull if someone could give me some suggestions on aplying dinamic drives to a 2 x 80 GB IDE HDD PC. I was thinking splitting multiple partitions between the 2 drives, I could even add an extra drive. Could I get some raid characteristics. I would like some suggestions before doing anything. Thanks in advance for any tip you could share with me. Luis Reyna |
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What are the advanges of dynamic drives.
Hi,
Read this link: http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d...b_cnc_klvo.asp Peter "Luis Reyna" wrote: I have read a few things about dynamic drives and it seems a very atractive feature. However I would be very thankfull if someone could give me some suggestions on aplying dinamic drives to a 2 x 80 GB IDE HDD PC. I was thinking splitting multiple partitions between the 2 drives, I could even add an extra drive. Could I get some raid characteristics. I would like some suggestions before doing anything. Thanks in advance for any tip you could share with me. Luis Reyna |
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What are the advanges of dynamic drives.
WinXP Pro allows you to create simple, spanned or striped volumes. You can
extend simple and spanned volumes at a later time (for more storage), but you cannot extend a striped volume. Volumes also allow you the ability to get away from assigning drive letters. You can create an empty folder on your basic drive and mount the volume to the folder. (Name a folder Storage, and then use that folder instead of a driver letter). Volumes are good for storage. You can even backup the volume like you would a single drive or partition. However, they provide no disk fault tolerance. If one drive fails, ALL data for that volume on the other drives is lost too. Fault tolerance (mirrored volumes and Raid-5) were available with the Windows 2000 Server family, but not on XP Pro. A volume cannot have partitions. Hope this helps, mark "Luis Reyna" wrote in message ... I have read a few things about dynamic drives and it seems a very atractive feature. However I would be very thankfull if someone could give me some suggestions on aplying dinamic drives to a 2 x 80 GB IDE HDD PC. I was thinking splitting multiple partitions between the 2 drives, I could even add an extra drive. Could I get some raid characteristics. I would like some suggestions before doing anything. Thanks in advance for any tip you could share with me. Luis Reyna |
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