TestEQ2 corrupting RAID drive?

[Mythal_EQ2]

<p>Hello,</p><p>With the GU51 now on Test, I find myself eager to log on my toons there and see what the changes are all about... However, the past three times that I used TestEQ2, I got hard drive errors (specifically RAID drive failure), which resulted in my having to reinstall Windows. Anyone else have any similar problems?</p><p>I'm running Windows Vista x64 on a RAID0 drive. The first time I got the error I was overclocking the machine, the other two times I was running at stock settings. First two times were on a set of 500GB drives, third time (after I decided it might have been a faulty drive the caused it) was on a set of 750GB drives.</p><p>As you can understand, I'm not very eager to re-reinstall Windows again, soif anyone had this happen and successfully fixed/prevented it from happening again, let me know.</p><p>I guess I'll post this on the Tech support forums too, but I figured I'll get more replies from people who actually play on Test here.</p><p>D.</p>

[Nulad]

<p>XP Pro on RAID 0, no issues for me of that type.  You are using the latest drivers for the array yes?</p>

[Pins]

<p>Maybe your drives are absolute crap, and you're running Raid 0 which means if 1 drive is bad, you fail on both?</p>

[Mythal_EQ2]

<p>Running the latest drivers, and drives are definitely not crap -- had no problem with any other application whatsoever (including regular EQ2).</p><p>/shrug</p><p>D.</p>

[Lantis]

<p>RAID management is done at a lower level within the system, which means EQ2 can't even tell the difference between a normal drive or a raided drive.  Therefore I don't see how EQ2 could be causing any corruption issue.  It is more likely that part of the files used by EQ2 are located in a defective section of your array.</p><p>First of all, take a note on wether you are having hard or soft errors.  A hard error means you have a bad sector.  A soft error means you have inconsistency in your data.</p><p>I recommend you test each drive separately with the manufaturer's diagnostic tool to look for any hard error (you can find them on your manufacturer's website).  If any hard error is found...  Backup, and replace the defective drive.  If it's a soft error...  welcome to the pain of dealing with RAID0 issues <img src="/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[acable]

<p>It's VERY bad practice to install your OS on a RAID 0 setup. If one drive hiccups you lose everything.I would recommend running your OS on a single drive, then have the RAID 0 setup in addition to install all of your games on and to hold the pagefile. Or if your motherboard supports it, run RAID 5. (you need a minimum of 3 drives)Here is my home setup:1 500gb For OS install and regular storage.6 36GB WD Raptor drives in RAID 5 which gets me 174GB total on the raid. On this drive i install all of my games, page file, etc. Anything i launch off of the RAID 5 is screaming.</p>