Hi, i currently have two 1TB HDDs from WD and i would like to know if it would be practical to have those two drives in RAID 0 (making it a 2TB array) and having that back up to a 8TB archive drive from Seagate? I have windows on a 250GB ssd so the drives will only be holding steam games and photos. Is it worth it or should i just stick to having two separate drives?
RAID 0 as main drives?
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I ran dual 1tb WD Black drives in raid 0 for a bit. I did not notice a huge performance increase.
I moved my OS and games to a 512 samsung SSD and will never go back. A single SSD running the OS and all applications is the ideal solution.
I moved my OS and games to a 512 samsung SSD and will never go back. A single SSD running the OS and all applications is the ideal solution.
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the important thing to keep in mind with a raid -0-
''data evenly across two or more disks, without parity information, redundancy, or fault tolerance. Since RAID 0 provides no fault tolerance or redundancy, the failure of one drive will cause the entire array to fail; as a result of having data striped across all disks, the failure will result in total data loss''
if it fails its gone you start back 100% from scratch , when its working great its great but when it done for its all over but the crying
''data evenly across two or more disks, without parity information, redundancy, or fault tolerance. Since RAID 0 provides no fault tolerance or redundancy, the failure of one drive will cause the entire array to fail; as a result of having data striped across all disks, the failure will result in total data loss''
if it fails its gone you start back 100% from scratch , when its working great its great but when it done for its all over but the crying
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I would run the two in RAID0 Not so much for the performance increase (which is pretty close to 0) but just to avoid having to manage data across them separately. Just make sure to set a automated backup for your pictures to the Seagate. As others have said RAID 0 doubles the change you'll lose your data.
You could also just span the drives. IT would make them into a single 2TB disk without striping the data across them. You still run the same increased risk of data loss, however recovery should be easier. You also wouldn't have to reset your controller to RAID.
You could also just span the drives. IT would make them into a single 2TB disk without striping the data across them. You still run the same increased risk of data loss, however recovery should be easier. You also wouldn't have to reset your controller to RAID.
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back in the days of a 80gb platter ide drive was macdaddy raid and raid 0 was a thing but with todays drives and all they offer not so much ..
a hi cap ssd drive is fast and safer by far over raid 0 [in my opinion] heck even a 500gb+ platter drive just seems a better way anymore
its good wile it lasts and as said better do regular [more then normal] backing up and never put anything you want to keep or hard to replace on it - that's when you forgot to back up it fails and its all gone
a hi cap ssd drive is fast and safer by far over raid 0 [in my opinion] heck even a 500gb+ platter drive just seems a better way anymore
its good wile it lasts and as said better do regular [more then normal] backing up and never put anything you want to keep or hard to replace on it - that's when you forgot to back up it fails and its all gone
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