RAID on workstation
- Thread starter bootit
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It's really 2 separate questions. You could have RAID and SSD. There are several kinds of RAID, and most workstations support it on the MB to start with.
RAID 0 uses 2 drives to double performance over whatever is already there. RAID 1 creates a continuos backaup for security. RAID 10 does both. Basically RAID is a way to use several drives at once. RAID cards allow more drives, or newer interfaces than the MB allows.
RAID 0 uses 2 drives to double performance over whatever is already there. RAID 1 creates a continuos backaup for security. RAID 10 does both. Basically RAID is a way to use several drives at once. RAID cards allow more drives, or newer interfaces than the MB allows.
1. What do you think a RAID (of whatever type) will do for you?
Provide redundancy and speed. A hardware raid may reach up to 12
2. What do you use this system for?
Odd games but primarily wordprocessing alongside photo and data backups
3. What are the rest of the parts?
a raid 10 on RST with 4 old 1.5 GB seagate drives that takes too long to boot.
ASUS P8Z77-V Premium
i-3770K
Provide redundancy and speed. A hardware raid may reach up to 12
2. What do you use this system for?
Odd games but primarily wordprocessing alongside photo and data backups
3. What are the rest of the parts?
a raid 10 on RST with 4 old 1.5 GB seagate drives that takes too long to boot.
ASUS P8Z77-V Premium
i-3770K
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Speed? A regular SATA III SSD will blow away a RAID 0 with spinning HDD's.
Redundancy? A RAID of any type does nothing for 'data protection', beyond physical drive fail. It does nothing for the far more common ways to lose your data.
Solution?
A 250GB or larger SATA III SSD to boot from, and a good backup routine.
No RAID needed.
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