How to evenly split memory to 2 Hard Drives

[ChokeShot GG]

Hello there guys!,

I've been a fan of Linus for a long time 2 or even 3 years and after watching his videos that long i thought i learned enough things to go ahead and build my own rig so for a year i was collecting money from birthdays and other similar situations that people gift each other in my country so after a year that i was collecting money from my job and birthdays (and etc) i decided what i would include in my build so i went ahead bought the items and i builded my current rig so after 3 months that i kept putting money aside from my job i went ahead and bought another HDD ( I now have 2 1TB WD Caviar blue's) So i will get straight to the point! How will i split (if it is possible evenly) my memory?

I Believe many people will not understand what my question is but i don't think there is another way to describe my thinking.

So guys please excuse me for my really bad english and if you have any questions please feel free to ask me if you are able to help ! 

Thank you for reading! 

[Joshyy]

RAID 0 would do that, beware you'd loose everything if even 1 drive failed

[X1XNobleX1X]

Do you want to pick a bigger font?

And you're right I don't understand your question. Splinting memory?

[Unhelpful]

RAID 0 would do that, beware you'd loose everything if even 1 drive failed

Raid 10 ALL THE THINGS 

[DudeWazap]

Do you want to pick a bigger font?

How big?

[ChokeShot GG]

Do you want to pick a bigger font?

And you're right I don't understand your question. Splinting memory?

I've changed it

[X1XNobleX1X]

How big?

That's not big enough.

[thedigitalmilk]

That's not big enough.

This Better?

[ChokeShot GG]

RAID 0 would do that, beware you'd loose everything if even 1 drive failed

 

 

Raid 10 ALL THE THINGS 

I Will ask something that you will probably say google it but for a weird way i believe i trust you guys more than google so Raiding is done by the bios settings right? and if you can please tell me what is the difference between raid 0,1,2 (i heard those from linus i don't know if there are any more and stuff) and what will be the difference 

[X1XNobleX1X]

This Better?

Hahahaha

[X1XNobleX1X]

I Will ask something that you will probably say google it but for a weird way i believe i trust you guys more than google so Raiding is done by the bios settings right? and if you can please tell me what is the difference between raid 0,1,2 (i heard those from linus i don't know if there are any more and stuff) and what will be the difference 

OHHHHHH...... I understand, As Joshyy said raid 0 would work and JBOD ( Just a bunch of discs) would also work. 

[ChokeShot GG]

OHHHHHH...... I understand, As Joshyy said raid 0 would work and JBOD ( Just a bunch of discs) would also work. 

Will it change something in my system? And is there any chance of my data getting lost? (Thank you for your help by the way)

[X1XNobleX1X]

Will it change something in my system? And is there any chance of my data getting lost? (Thank you for your help by the way)

To run drives in JBOD, you need to set you motherboard in Raid mode (in the bios)!

And then as the rig boots. You see it say something like press "Ctrl+I" to enter Raid setup!

You go into there, and make an Array and where it says what type of raid. You choose JBOD 

But the trouble is! Going from IDE or AHCI mode to Raid will most likely mean you have to re-install the OS!

Although you might be OK going from AHCI to Raid! I'm not sure 

But anyway, JBOD is in the Raid menu 

[ChokeShot GG]

To run drives in JBOD, you need to set you motherboard in Raid mode (in the bios)!

And then as the rig boots. You see it say something like press "Ctrl+I" to enter Raid setup!

You go into there, and make an Array and where it says what type of raid. You choose JBOD 

But the trouble is! Going from IDE or AHCI mode to Raid will most likely mean you have to re-install the OS!

Although you might be OK going from AHCI to Raid! I'm not sure 

But anyway, JBOD is in the Raid menu 

Oh god......and i remember a video from linus which he said that he putted the one disk at raid 0 and one at raid 1 so i have to put each HDD in a different raid like the HDD that contains my os has to be raid 0 or is it something else?

[Imabigmac]

Whats wrong with one as a primary drive and another as a storage drive. 

[squirrl]

Oh god......and i remember a video from linus which he said that he putted the one disk at raid 0 and one at raid 1 so i have to put each HDD in a different raid like the HDD that contains my os has to be raid 0 or is it something else

2 disks in raid 0 means that you get the full capacity of both drives and faster access times however if one fails then your whole array fails.

raid 1 means you get the storage of a single drive, but if one fails then you still have all your files.

Partitions work exactly the same as single drives and you can install your OS on almost any "RAID" you choose is best for your needs.

 

if you're adding an extra disk after you already set up windows, then doing any sort of RAID would mean wiping the data that is there and starting again. (make a backup)

Or just use it as extra storage and leave it as a separate disk.

 To be fair, i thought JBOD was just a term for any group of disks just running individually, but apparently it's a form of RAID where you can create a single volume from random disks from the sound of it here?

[ChokeShot GG]

2 disks in raid 0 means that you get the full capacity of both drives and faster access times however if one fails then your whole array fails.

raid 1 means you get the storage of a single drive, but if one fails then you still have all your files.

Partitions work exactly the same as single drives and you can install your OS on almost any "RAID" you choose is best for your needs.

 

if you're adding an extra disk after you already set up windows, then doing any sort of RAID would mean wiping the data that is there and starting again. (make a backup)

Or just use it as extra storage and leave it as a separate disk.

 To be fair, i thought JBOD was just a term for any group of disks just running individually, but apparently it's a form of RAID where you can create a single volume from random disks from the sound of it here?

So now that i putted it after i setted up my windows should i leave it as it is or i have to change something?

[squirrl]

So now that i putted it after i setted up my windows should i leave it as it is or i have to change something?

if you dont want to mess around setting it up again, then just plug the new drive in and format it in device manager and that will be the easiest option.

[ChokeShot GG]

if you dont want to mess around setting it up again, then just plug the new drive in and format it in device manager and that will be the easiest option.

I Did that since the day i bought it so now i will let it there and transfer some files that aren't needed in my first drive? (Thank you for all your help by the way!)

[squirrl]

I Did that since the day i bought it so now i will let it there and transfer some files that aren't needed in my first drive? (Thank you for all your help by the way!)

Yeah, you can do what you want. I'm still not sure what you mean in the OP by "splitting memory" though.

[ChokeShot GG]

Yeah, you can do what you want. I'm still not sure what you mean in the OP by "splitting memory" though.

I Meant to put like 50% in one HDD and 50 in the other HDD but you described me how that is not possible (Anyway i think this threat is over you answered my question so can i make this look like answered or something? ) I'm a newbie here

[squirrl]

I Meant to put like 50% in one HDD and 50 in the other HDD but you described me how that is not possible (Anyway i think this threat is over you answered my question so can i make this look like answered or something? ) I'm a newbie here

there should be a button on each post saying "mark solved"

[N7_Zer0]

I Meant to put like 50% in one HDD and 50 in the other HDD but you described me how that is not possible (Anyway i think this threat is over you answered my question so can i make this look like answered or something? ) I'm a newbie here

 

Just for future reference, memory refers to RAM. When talking about hard drives and storage, memory does not mean data stored on the drives.