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Staren · 05-26-2007, 12:04 PM

The thing is that when you get into that much data, you DO NOT want to lose all that work. That's when raid really becomes useful. With raid 5 you can survive a single drive failure. If back up isn't an issue (you really don't mind loading all those DVDs back in, and boy I would) then you can of course just use multiple drives for storage in which case it would be a lot cheaper because an add-on card to just add 2 or 3 more sata ports is $20 as opposed to $400...but that's if backup isn't a problem for you.

05-26-2007, 12:04 PM	#16
Staren Member (11 bit) Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 1,616	The thing is that when you get into that much data, you DO NOT want to lose all that work. That's when raid really becomes useful. With raid 5 you can survive a single drive failure. If back up isn't an issue (you really don't mind loading all those DVDs back in, and boy I would) then you can of course just use multiple drives for storage in which case it would be a lot cheaper because an add-on card to just add 2 or 3 more sata ports is $20 as opposed to $400...but that's if backup isn't a problem for you. __________________ Laptop HP DM4t / i5-560M / 14.1 WXGA Widescreen / 1GB Radeon Mobility 6370 / 4GB RAM / 320 GB 7200rpm HD / DVD-RW / 802.11n & BT wireless First Build Abit IC7-G Max II Motherboard / 2.8C 800mhz P4 / 1024 DDR 3200 (2x 512 in Duel Channel) / Saphire Radeon 9800 Pro 128 / Samsung 120 GB SATA HD / Lite-On 16x DVD-ROM / NEC DVD-RW