I have a few questions about disk storage.

Can I install XP Pro on a dynamic volume? How do I create the dynamic
volume during install? Or is it possible to convert the basic volume
to dynamic after install?

What is the largest single disk size that Win XP Pro (SP2) will
support?

Does Win XP Pro (SP2) support RAID-5?

What is the largest array capacity for

RAID-0

RAID-1

RAID-5 (if supported)

Thanks.

MikeB wrote:
Search using Google!
http://www.google.com/
(How-to: http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/basics.html )

http://www.google.com/search?q=Can+I...dynamic+volume

Example find:
Error Message About Partition Appears When You Install Windows XP to a
Dynamic Volume
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/283421

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&r...for+Windows+XP

I'll just tell you - about 2.2 TB in reality.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&r...RAID+5&spell=1

Example finds:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314343
http://controlshiftescape.com/tech_WXPraid5.php

My suggestion - get a hardware RAID controller card and do it that way -
then support for the RAID level from the OS is unnecessary.

As for the largest array capacity - how much money do you have?

Also - it starts becoming a question of performance when you start spreading
things out over more than 9 disks. I find that groupings of 5 and 9 disks
give great performance in a RAID5 situation.

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On May 16, 6:36 pm, "Shenan Stanley" <newshel...@gmail.com> wrote:
I *did* Google a bit before I came here to ask, I also read some of
the stuff on MS's website. It wasn't exactly crystal clear to me, so I
thought I'd better ask.

On May 16, 6:36 pm, "Shenan Stanley" <newshel...@gmail.com> wrote:

Wait, now I"m a tad more confused. So my Motherboard's (Intel Dp34DP)
built-in SATA controller will create a RAID array and Windows will be
blissfully unaware that it's even running on a RAID array?

MikeB wrote:
If your have a true hardware RAID controller and it has a driver that allows
Windows XP to communicate with that device - yes. It's the hardware that
creates and manages the RAID array - not the software.

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Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
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