What is meant by SATA and PATA RAID?
And what is meant by NV RAID 0/1/0+1/5 JBOD when relating it to SATA RAID? What does the 0/.mean; what does the 1/ mean; what does the +1/5 mean; and what does the JBOD mean? I’m trying to learn here guys and gals. Please help me understand.
And what is meant by NV RAID 0/1/0+1 JBOD when discussing PATA RAID?
What does SATA RAID and PATA RAID mean? And how are they different?
The reason I ask this question is because I’m looking at two different mother boards; one has SATA and PATA RAID capabilities……the other mobo does not list PATA RAID……does this mean the mobo that has PATA RAID and SATA RAID is the better mobo?
Please explain. This is very confusing.
SATA and PATA are just IDE hard drive interfaces. SATA (Serial ATA) is newer and uses a cable that looks something like a telephone cord. The older PATA (parallel ATA) drives connect via those flat ribbon style cables. The only difference is the interface, the drives themselves are exactly the same. SATA RAID is just RAID using SATA drives and PATA is just using all PATA drives. Most RAID controllers allow you to mix them, so it doesn’t even really matter.
For the different kinds of RAID setups, see here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_RAID_levels
Btw NV RAID is just Nvidia’s raid controller via the Nforce chipset and it supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5 and JBOD (just a bunch of disks).
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UPDATE:
To the piss ant that thumbs downed this answer: Go away, you’re a a moron!
SATA and PATA are just IDE hard drive interfaces. SATA (Serial ATA) is newer and uses a cable that looks something like a telephone cord. The older PATA (parallel ATA) drives connect via those flat ribbon style cables. The only difference is the interface, the drives themselves are exactly the same. SATA RAID is just RAID using SATA drives and PATA is just using all PATA drives. Most RAID controllers allow you to mix them, so it doesn’t even really matter.
For the different kinds of RAID setups, see here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_RAID_levels
Btw NV RAID is just Nvidia’s raid controller via the Nforce chipset and it supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5 and JBOD (just a bunch of disks).
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UPDATE:
To the piss ant that thumbs downed this answer: Go away, you’re a a moron!
References :
SATA = serial ATA, usually faster that PATA (parallel ATA, the drives you are probably used to) RAID 0 means two (or more) drives logically linked to look like a single drive. The algorithm can vary (sector interleave, cluster interleave, track interleave, etc.). RAID 1 uses two drives with the second looking exactly like the first, a mirror drive to be exact. Your OS only knows about the first. The RAID system takes care of the second (a hot backup). RAID 0+1 is a combination of the two, and requires at least 4 drives. JBOD = Just a Bunch Of Drives. A fancy way of saying no RAID at all, just all independent drives each with its own drive letter.
References :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redundant_array_of_independent_disks
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