Hi, after lots of people telling me raid0 is awesome for performance and that I should use it, I figured I would give it a shot since I recently installed and was moving files around anyways.
I was wondering what the best use a 240gb SSD and 3 1tb hdd's would be. Currently I have ubuntu installed onto the SSD and I have pulled all my data off the hdd's. 2 of the hdd's are the same but 1 is a bit older and i'm not sure of the specs without ripping it out of my box again (maybe there is a way to check this in ubuntu?)
I have a Asus M4A78Te motherboard, which after googling around and peaking in the BIOS I believe it supports raid...
there is some data on the SSD that I want to keep but I have no where else to store it currently, so I was hoping to not wipe the SSD, and then transfer the data back onto the 3tb's...the ubuntu installation is on this drive as well, which I assumed would still be quicker than the 3 hdd's (7200rpm?) in raid0 (if this is possible)?
If this is possible then would it be better to store games on the SSD or the raided drives?
Thanks for the help in advance!
EDIT: I was able to find a way to get some info on my storage. I figured it would help determine the best path. Also can if you respond, can you please provide an explination as to why your solution is best? I would like to understand why I should configure it in said way. I am trying to learn as much as I can about computers. Thanks again and here is the data on the storage devices
Device Model: MKNSSDCR240GB-DX7
Serial Number: MKN1315A00026065
Firmware Version: 506ABBF0
User Capacity: 240,057,409,536 bytes [240 GB]
Sector Size: 512 bytes logical/physical
Rotation Rate: Solid State Device
ATA Version is: ATA8-ACS, ACS-2 T13/2015-D revision 3
SATA Version is: SATA 3.0, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 3.0 Gb/s)
Model Family: Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 (AF)
Device Model: ST1000DM003-1ER162
Serial Number: Z4Y6LFPQ
Firmware Version: CC45
User Capacity: 1,000,204,886,016 bytes [1.00 TB]
Sector Sizes: 512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical
Rotation Rate: 7200 rpm
ATA Version is: ACS-2, ACS-3 T13/2161-D revision 3b
SATA Version is: SATA 3.1, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 3.0 Gb/s)
Model Family: SAMSUNG SpinPoint F1 DT
Device Model: SAMSUNG HD103UJ
Serial Number: S13PJ1LS632794
Firmware Version: 1AA01118
User Capacity: 1,000,204,886,016 bytes [1.00 TB]
Sector Size: 512 bytes logical/physical
ATA Version is: ATA/ATAPI-7, ATA8-ACS T13/1699-D revision 3b
Model Family: Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 (AF)
Device Model: ST1000DM003-1ER162
Serial Number: Z4Y6QGVR
Firmware Version: CC45
User Capacity: 1,000,204,886,016 bytes [1.00 TB]
Sector Sizes: 512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical
Rotation Rate: 7200 rpm
ATA Version is: ACS-2, ACS-3 T13/2161-D revision 3b
SATA Version is: SATA 3.1, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 3.0 Gb/s)
I was wondering what the best use a 240gb SSD and 3 1tb hdd's would be. Currently I have ubuntu installed onto the SSD and I have pulled all my data off the hdd's. 2 of the hdd's are the same but 1 is a bit older and i'm not sure of the specs without ripping it out of my box again (maybe there is a way to check this in ubuntu?)
I have a Asus M4A78Te motherboard, which after googling around and peaking in the BIOS I believe it supports raid...
there is some data on the SSD that I want to keep but I have no where else to store it currently, so I was hoping to not wipe the SSD, and then transfer the data back onto the 3tb's...the ubuntu installation is on this drive as well, which I assumed would still be quicker than the 3 hdd's (7200rpm?) in raid0 (if this is possible)?
If this is possible then would it be better to store games on the SSD or the raided drives?
Thanks for the help in advance!
EDIT: I was able to find a way to get some info on my storage. I figured it would help determine the best path. Also can if you respond, can you please provide an explination as to why your solution is best? I would like to understand why I should configure it in said way. I am trying to learn as much as I can about computers. Thanks again and here is the data on the storage devices
Device Model: MKNSSDCR240GB-DX7
Serial Number: MKN1315A00026065
Firmware Version: 506ABBF0
User Capacity: 240,057,409,536 bytes [240 GB]
Sector Size: 512 bytes logical/physical
Rotation Rate: Solid State Device
ATA Version is: ATA8-ACS, ACS-2 T13/2015-D revision 3
SATA Version is: SATA 3.0, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 3.0 Gb/s)
Model Family: Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 (AF)
Device Model: ST1000DM003-1ER162
Serial Number: Z4Y6LFPQ
Firmware Version: CC45
User Capacity: 1,000,204,886,016 bytes [1.00 TB]
Sector Sizes: 512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical
Rotation Rate: 7200 rpm
ATA Version is: ACS-2, ACS-3 T13/2161-D revision 3b
SATA Version is: SATA 3.1, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 3.0 Gb/s)
Model Family: SAMSUNG SpinPoint F1 DT
Device Model: SAMSUNG HD103UJ
Serial Number: S13PJ1LS632794
Firmware Version: 1AA01118
User Capacity: 1,000,204,886,016 bytes [1.00 TB]
Sector Size: 512 bytes logical/physical
ATA Version is: ATA/ATAPI-7, ATA8-ACS T13/1699-D revision 3b
Model Family: Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 (AF)
Device Model: ST1000DM003-1ER162
Serial Number: Z4Y6QGVR
Firmware Version: CC45
User Capacity: 1,000,204,886,016 bytes [1.00 TB]
Sector Sizes: 512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical
Rotation Rate: 7200 rpm
ATA Version is: ACS-2, ACS-3 T13/2161-D revision 3b
SATA Version is: SATA 3.1, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 3.0 Gb/s)
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