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12-02-2006, 02:14 PM
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RAID question
Recently I bought two 200gb hds (during Black friday!!) and now I want to RAID them, but I'm not too sure how. I don't want to do RAID 1, which to my understanding is mirroring them, nor RAID 0 which is to my understanding that if one drive fails, I lose all my data. My question is, which RAID is recommended for a personal computer for use at home where I just want to improve performance? Thanks!
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12-02-2006, 02:29 PM
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Raid 0 improves performance - allegedly - but is not very safe from a data loss standpoint. There's no other type of RAID for only 2 drives other than 0 or 1. I'd simply install them as 2 standalone drives.
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12-02-2006, 02:51 PM
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RAID 5 is the other RAID implentation that is most widely used, but you need 3 drives minimum to run in a RAID 5 and you either need to have a motherboard that supports RAID 5 or you need a RAID controller card.
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12-02-2006, 02:53 PM
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If getting more hard drives is not a problem, which RAID is recommended for personal computer use?
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12-02-2006, 03:02 PM
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Why do you even want to use RAID in the first place? Just because "you can" is not a good enough reason. The simpler you keep things, the less issues you are going to have with your computer.
RAID 5 will work with 3 drives, but will perform poorly. You need 4 or more to do it right, and I do not like embedded motherboard RAID 5 controllers - proper standalone RAID 5 cards cost $500. That is the ONLY way I will use any type of RAID. RAID 0+1 performs well and is reasonably safe, but is a big waste of hard drive capacity. To answer your question directly - what RAID is recommended for personal computer use? My answer is NO RAID at all. I only use it for server storage arrays and I do it right with RAID 5 and the $500 controller. Others will have a differing opinion, I'm sure. |
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12-02-2006, 03:16 PM
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gotcha!!
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