Set up for: SSD OS + SSD Project Files + HDD_RAID for storage

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PeterRabit

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I am trying something new and would like some advice and feedback:
* I have a 500GB SSD for my OS and programs.
* I have another 500 GB SSD for current/active project files from the fist SSD.
* I have 2x 3TB HDD in RAID 1 for long term storage of old/inactive project files and slow project files.

The purpose of the second SSD is to have very fast storage for rendering and graphics programs from the first SSD. Slow programs like Excel will be saved directly to the HDD.

My questions are:
1. Does this set up make sense to anyone else, meaning am I improving my computing speed?
2. Is there a convenient way to manage moving the old files on the second SSD to the HDD? I was considering a backup tool, but wonder if there is a better way.
 
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13thmonkey
I wouldn't go raid, it's a lot of trouble, and may not be recoverable if your Mobo dies. What I would do however is have 1 HDD for slower moving files, and back up everything to the other HDD. Then you have an actual backup as opposed to just a mirror. Raid is really for high availability scenarios where it is necessary to be available 24x7, if you can afford to wait for a few hours whilst the backup is restored then you don't need raid.
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I wouldn't go raid, it's a lot of trouble, and may not be recoverable if your Mobo dies. What I would do however is have 1 HDD for slower moving files, and back up everything to the other HDD. Then you have an actual backup as opposed to just a mirror. Raid is really for high availability scenarios where it is necessary to be available 24x7, if you can afford to wait for a few hours whilst the backup is restored then you don't need raid.
 
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PeterRabit

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13th Monkey,
Can an inboard second hard drive really be considered a backup? Since it is connected to the same motherboard, wouldn't ti be susceptible to any virus or malware attack that the primary data is exposed to? I have always thought that a backup needed to be disconnected to keep it out of harms way. How would your solution be configured and be "safe".
 
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My current setup for backups:

The C is imaged to another internal drive every night at 2AM. Keep for 2 weeks, deleting the oldest.
Every Sunday at 3AM, image to another PC. Keep for 4 weeks, deleting the oldest.

Individual files and folders (project files) are synced to other drives on a 6 hour schedule.
Internal and to another PC similar to the C drive image.

In case of virus/corruption/major stupidness....go back to an image before the stupidness happened.
 
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13thmonkey

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The image that you make is packaged up and is not individual files this gives some protection. This is better than raid1 which is an uptime/availability solution rather than a backup solution.

You could put that HDD in a caddy with it's own power supply (which will likely fail before your PSU does) and that should provide some protection against electrical issues on the PC even if still connected. (hence suggesting a caddy as opposed to a completely sealed unit, power supply fails, get a new caddy move drive)

To be 100% safe you need at least two of these that you only connect whilst backing up and then move one of them off site. However human nature suggest that this won't actually happen.

So you could instead use a local backup for speed of recovery and then an incremental online backup to that kind of service provider.

Any of this would be better and more secure that nothing, and (although you were on the right lines with raid1) better than raid1.

I have a 'server' (lowish power box with lots of storage) running windows 2012 R2 essentials and it backs up everything every day, it holds the majority of my storage in storage spaces, so there is redundancy there. I don't have to think about it, so it works, if I had to think about it, I wouldn't work I'd forget.
 
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