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**freakitchen** · 05-12-2008, 11:16 AM

RAID 1 is mirroring - the entire contents of the first drive will be mirrored onto the second for backup purposes. This will give you no speed increase. Have a look at this Wiki to understand some of the details

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID

My advice? Don't do RAID at all for a standard gaming computer. The low speed increases given by RAID 0 are simply not worth the risk of data loss; if one drive, or your array fails, you've lost the data on both drives. If you want a backup solution, consider an external hard drive and backup software that will allow you to select specific files/folders to backup.

05-12-2008, 11:16 AM	#2
freakitchen Staff Premium Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Doncaster, UK Posts: 3,563	RAID 1 is mirroring - the entire contents of the first drive will be mirrored onto the second for backup purposes. This will give you no speed increase. Have a look at this Wiki to understand some of the details http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID My advice? Don't do RAID at all for a standard gaming computer. The low speed increases given by RAID 0 are simply not worth the risk of data loss; if one drive, or your array fails, you've lost the data on both drives. If you want a backup solution, consider an external hard drive and backup software that will allow you to select specific files/folders to backup. __________________ -FK- "Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw, The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die, We shall not sleep, though poppies grow, In Flanders fields." - John McCrae, May 1915