To raid or not to raid

[lehighace06]

In light of Newegg's AM sale on the 750GB caviar black, I'm now considering two of those in RAID rather than one 1TB caviar black. At an additional $35 for only 75% of the space, what added performance can I expect from a RAID setup compared with a single drive?

 

[Pauliedc]

Black WDs are not recommended for RAID, they have timeout circuitry to fix errors (which is nice on a single drive), but can cause RAID to drop. You want the WD RE3 series for RAID. The 750GB at Amazon is $93, way cheaper than Newegg's $129.

 

[lehighace06]

thanks for the heads up -- i'll likely wind up with a single 1TB black as it is, but the $65 price for the 750 seemed ok if there was significant benefit ... $93 for the RE3 series x2 is much more than i want to spend

 

[Pauliedc]

Me too, same thing! I have a post asking if the RE3 is any better as a standalone, but for $65 you can't beat that price for 750GB. I'd better hurry, they may sell out!

 

[lehighace06]

yeah the $/GB is actually better on the 750GB but I'm debating how fast I'll fill that up and if I should just splurge on the 1 TB

 

[Pauliedc]

That's always the dilemma... btw, you actually get 698GB on a 750GB, so consider that into your storage calc.

 

[Pauliedc]

Just bought the 750GB Black... used the Bing.com shopping and got 2.5% cashback in addition to the $64.99 price. 750GB will work, I just need to be more diligent about deleting junk I don't need.