Determining IDE/RAid

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Date: 05/25/04

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    Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 00:04:49 -0500

    Hi,

    I have a system with 2 hard Drives that mirror each other (Raid 1).

    Q1 : How do I find out if the raid is a software type raid or a hardware
         type raid ?
    Q2 : I vaguely remember having read somewhere that installing the mirror
         hard drives as master and slave on the same ide port can enormously
         slow down the read/write times. Is this right ?
    Q3 : Is there any way I can determine the total no of ide ports (i.e.
         masters + slaves) available on the computer without opening the box ?
    Q4 : Is it possible to add a new IDE hard drive to the system without
         powering off the system ?

    Thanks in advance.
    shriram.

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