Hello Nigel,

Thank you, I stand corrected I have RAID 1 applied the (2) 500GB Drives
act as (1) Drive, I am using the Intel Matrix Storage Console that is
part of my HP PC. If (1) drive fails I am protected.

Thank you,

Jeff

barman58;852677 Wrote:
I have my (2) 500GB drives set up for RAID 0, so if 1 drive fails the
other takes over Hi Banjo,

Are you sure you mean Raid 0 Here? that will not give you the backup
option you may want



- RAID 0 (striped disks) distributes data across several disks in a
way that gives improved speed and full capacity, but all data on all
disks will be lost if any one disk fails.


- RAID 1 (mirrored disks) could be described as a backup solution,
using two (possibly more) disks that each store the same data so
that data is not lost as long as one disk survives. Total capacity
of the array is just the capacity of a single disk. The failure of
one drive, in the event of a hardware or software malfunction, does
not increase the chance of a failure nor decrease the reliability of
the remaining drives (second, third, etc).


- RAID 5 (striped disks with parity) combines three or more disks
in a way that protects data against loss of any one disk; the
storage capacity of the array is reduced by one disk.


- RAID 6 (less common) can recover from the loss of two disks.


- RAID 10 (or 1+0) uses both striping and mirroring.

above from the article in Wikipedia
'RAID - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia'
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID)


As to the scheduling of this backup you may be able to alter the
schedule in task scheduler


--
Banjo200

Hello Ken

Thank you, I have RAID 1, I have (2) 500GB Drives but they act as (1)
so if the primary hard drive fails the secondary drive takes over.

Thanks

Jeff

Janx;847800 Wrote:
I just sent an email to HP support to see if they can help. I'll let you
know what they say.

Ken Blake, MVP;852705 Wrote:
On Sat, 4 Oct 2008 14:38:53 -0500, barman58
wrote:


I have my (2) 500GB drives set up for RAID 0, so if 1 drive fails
the
other takes overHi Banjo,

Are you sure you mean Raid 0 Here? that will not give you the
backup
option you may want



- RAID 0 (striped disks) distributes data across several disks in
a
way that gives improved speed and full capacity, but all data on
all
disks will be lost if any one disk fails.


That's correct, except that in practice RAID 0 usually proves either
*no* improved speed or such a tiny amount that it can be ignored. The
one thing it mostly does is dramatically increase the risk to what's
on the drives; that tiny increase in performance (if any) is not
worth
the greatly increased risk.



- RAID 1 (mirrored disks) could be described as a backup solution,


I completely disagree.

Most people completely misunderstand what RAID 1 is all about.
RAID 1 (mirroring) is *not* a backup solution. RAID 1 uses two or
more
drives, each a duplicate of the others, to provide redundancy, not
backup. It's used in situations (almost always within corporations,
not in homes) where any downtime can't be tolerated, because the way
it works is that if one drive fails the other takes over seamlessly
and almost instantly.

Although some people thing of RAID 1 as a backup technique, that is
*not* what it is, since it's subject to simultaneous loss of the
original and the mirror to many of the most common dangers
threatening
your data--severe power glitches, nearby lightning strikes, user
errors, virus attacks, theft of the computer, etc. Most companies
that
use RAID 1 also have a strong external backup plan in place.


Read my thoughts on backup he
'Back Up Your Computer Regularly and Reliably'
(http://www.computorcompanion.com/LPMArticle.asp?ID=314)

Also read he Why RAID is (usually) a Terrible Idea
'Puget Custom Computers: Why RAID is (usually) a Terrible Idea'
(http://www.pugetsystems.com/articles?&id=29)


using two (possibly more) disks that each store the same data so that
data is not lost as long as one disk survives. Total capacity of the
array is just the capacity of a single disk. The failure of one
drive,
in the event of a hardware or software malfunction, does not increase
the chance of a failure nor decrease the reliability of the remaining
drives (second, third, etc).

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
Please Reply to the Newsgroup


--
Banjo200

On Sun, 5 Oct 2008 13:17:09 -0500, Banjo200
wrote:


Hello Ken

Thank you, I have RAID 1, I have (2) 500GB Drives but they act as (1)
so if the primary hard drive fails the secondary drive takes over.


You're welcome. But if the purpose of having RAID1 is as backup, as I
said earlier, it's a very poor approach to backup.

In fact, my view is that RAID1 is almost never a good thing for a home
user to do.



Janx;847800 Wrote:
I just sent an email to HP support to see if they can help. I'll let you
know what they say.

Ken Blake, MVP;852705 Wrote:
On Sat, 4 Oct 2008 14:38:53 -0500, barman58
wrote:


I have my (2) 500GB drives set up for RAID 0, so if 1 drive fails
the
other takes overHi Banjo,

Are you sure you mean Raid 0 Here? that will not give you the
backup
option you may want



- RAID 0 (striped disks) distributes data across several disks in
a
way that gives improved speed and full capacity, but all data on
all
disks will be lost if any one disk fails.


That's correct, except that in practice RAID 0 usually proves either
*no* improved speed or such a tiny amount that it can be ignored. The
one thing it mostly does is dramatically increase the risk to what's
on the drives; that tiny increase in performance (if any) is not
worth
the greatly increased risk.



- RAID 1 (mirrored disks) could be described as a backup solution,


I completely disagree.

Most people completely misunderstand what RAID 1 is all about.
RAID 1 (mirroring) is *not* a backup solution. RAID 1 uses two or
more
drives, each a duplicate of the others, to provide redundancy, not
backup. It's used in situations (almost always within corporations,
not in homes) where any downtime can't be tolerated, because the way
it works is that if one drive fails the other takes over seamlessly
and almost instantly.

Although some people thing of RAID 1 as a backup technique, that is
*not* what it is, since it's subject to simultaneous loss of the
original and the mirror to many of the most common dangers
threatening
your data--severe power glitches, nearby lightning strikes, user
errors, virus attacks, theft of the computer, etc. Most companies
that
use RAID 1 also have a strong external backup plan in place.


Read my thoughts on backup he
'Back Up Your Computer Regularly and Reliably'
(http://www.computorcompanion.com/LPMArticle.asp?ID=314)

Also read he Why RAID is (usually) a Terrible Idea
'Puget Custom Computers: Why RAID is (usually) a Terrible Idea'
(http://www.pugetsystems.com/articles?&id=29)


using two (possibly more) disks that each store the same data so that
data is not lost as long as one disk survives. Total capacity of the
array is just the capacity of a single disk. The failure of one
drive,
in the event of a hardware or software malfunction, does not increase
the chance of a failure nor decrease the reliability of the remaining
drives (second, third, etc).

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
Please Reply to the Newsgroup


--
Banjo200

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
Please Reply to the Newsgroup

This does not seem to be a regback issue, at least on HP systems. It's
also happening on XP. Alot of users are reporting problems.

'Business support forums - High End HP Computer's slowdown and freezes'
(http://forums12.itrc.hp.com/service/...readId=1274730)

'Business support forums - SLOW d5000t and m9200t'
(http://forums12.itrc.hp.com/service/...readId=1267106)

'Vista x64 (huge) perfomance issues on a high-end PC - TechNet Forums'
(http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/...9254&SiteID=17)


Looks to be power supply issues.


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kr4ey