Dual harddrive use and partitioning strategy

[NatteDraak]

Hi there, in exactly one month I will be buying a new system, containing:

1 x Corsair 4096Mb DDR2 PC6400 Matched pair CL4
1 x Asus P5Q
1 x Intel Core 2 Duo E8400
1 x Coolermaster 690 Black (noPSU)
1 x Asus EAH4670/DI/512M
1 x Corsair 520W ATX
2 x WD 640GB SATAII 32MB WD6400AALS

Now, concerning my harddrives I'd really like to combine speed and safety and thought of a way to achieve this, namely:


WD 640GB AALS #1 system
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C: OS & Applications (160GB)
Z: Backup Data (480GB)

WD 640GB AALS #2 data
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D: Media (560GB)
T: Tracking (80GB)


The system drive will have the swap file running.
The data drive's media partition will be used for media editing/storage and downloads.
The tracking partition will be used solely for audio recording, finished projects will then be moved to the media partion for further editing.
I will manually backup important files from the data drive to the system drive's backup partition.


Now I'd really appreciate some advice and opinions on this matter, the web is scattered with partitioning strategies, raid configurations and whatnot, and I kinda got lost.


Thanks for reading,


Greets Rowan.

 

[NatteDraak]

So, using these 2 harddisks, is this a good method for combining performance and backups?


Greets Rowan.