Wonder what the main pros and cons will be for teh follwoing two setups. I already listed a couple but I'm sure I'm missings something.
Option 1:
- 2 1TB (or 500GB) hard drives in Raid 0 off motherboard controller
- 1 1TB Hard drive exclusively for backup via a program like Acronis True Image
Option 2:
- 3 1TB hard drives in Raid 5 controlled by an external raid controller
Keep in mind that I plan to add an SSD in the future and will more than likely eventually being storing all media files and documents on an NAS device which will probably be running RAID 5 over a Gigabit LAN.
Couple questions:
1. Which will have faster access times (which I'm assuming will translate to faster boot times for all applications). Also, will this even matter anymore once I get an SSD for my OS and applications?
2. Which setup do you believe is safer and why?
3. What would you choose? and Why?
Option 1:
- 2 1TB (or 500GB) hard drives in Raid 0 off motherboard controller
- 1 1TB Hard drive exclusively for backup via a program like Acronis True Image
Option 2:
- 3 1TB hard drives in Raid 5 controlled by an external raid controller
Keep in mind that I plan to add an SSD in the future and will more than likely eventually being storing all media files and documents on an NAS device which will probably be running RAID 5 over a Gigabit LAN.
Couple questions:
1. Which will have faster access times (which I'm assuming will translate to faster boot times for all applications). Also, will this even matter anymore once I get an SSD for my OS and applications?
2. Which setup do you believe is safer and why?
3. What would you choose? and Why?