Hey, was wondering if I should go raid or not. I have already got an SSD corsair Nova for OS and the main games I play, and a "Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache" for everything else including other games I play but not regularly. So I was wondering if I should get a second Western Digital and put them into raid, what are peoples thoughts on this? and if you do think I should go raid then which raid do I go for? I know of 0 and 1 but don't really know much about the differences of them except that 1 is a mirrored array correct? and that this is the one I was edging towards but again what are peoples thoughts on this?
Raid or Not? If so 0 or 1 ?
- Thread starter Ollii
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RAID1 will mirror two drives so you have some fault-tolerance in the event of hardware failure. You will have the usable space of 1 drive.
RAID0 with stripe the two drives improving read/write speeds. You will have the capacity of both drives added together. If one drive were to fail however, you lose the data on both drives.
I wouldn't bother with either unless you really want fault-tolerance of RAID1. RAID1 isn't a replacement for a good backup, it's just another level of data storage.
RAID0 with stripe the two drives improving read/write speeds. You will have the capacity of both drives added together. If one drive were to fail however, you lose the data on both drives.
I wouldn't bother with either unless you really want fault-tolerance of RAID1. RAID1 isn't a replacement for a good backup, it's just another level of data storage.
Ok ty, raid0 I don't think I really want to do. However I do like the fault-tolerance of raid1 but will raid1 increase performance in any way?
No.
TBH Ive personally had more problem's with raid 1 than raid 0.
Ive got a raid 0 array set up on my main desktop with two drives on an intel ICH9R and Ive had over-clocking mis-haps power cuts, corrupt os files you name it yet the array is still fine with no data lost (win7 startup repair ftw)
However on my raid 1 array on my server Ive had a few pita days where the power's gone and it rebuilds, says one disk is degraded when it was fine, rebuild's after an unexpected restart.
But with the two Ive never lost data, but raid is not a backup my second mini server is for that.
Ive got a raid 0 array set up on my main desktop with two drives on an intel ICH9R and Ive had over-clocking mis-haps power cuts, corrupt os files you name it yet the array is still fine with no data lost (win7 startup repair ftw)
However on my raid 1 array on my server Ive had a few pita days where the power's gone and it rebuilds, says one disk is degraded when it was fine, rebuild's after an unexpected restart.
But with the two Ive never lost data, but raid is not a backup my second mini server is for that.
Ah ok, interesting
sheldonleigh
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Hey there , hope you don't mind me piggybacking on your post. I am also considering raid for one reason. I have a 2tb 5400rpm drive. Would adding a second of the same in raid0 make a big/any performance difference?? Or would it be better to just buy a raptor for my os and games??
Thanks for any insight in advance.
(edit; 10000rpm Velociraptor)
Thanks for any insight in advance.
(edit; 10000rpm Velociraptor)
sheldonleigh
New member
Be better off with an SSD for the OS mate tbh. raid'ing 5400 drives wont be massive and you will still get slowdowns and have to formet them with a fresh OS install ect.
You really dont realise how good SSD's are till you get one
Cool, I think I'll wait till after the wedding and splash out on the best one available in Sep after the honeymoon.
I know 5400rpm is very slow, but how much of a diff will it make to overall gaming performance??
System:
I7 950@4ghz
12Gb 1600mhz Gskill ddr3 ram
GTX580
Oh and a stupid question, I bought my current laptop from Novatech, desktop from Mesh and my new pc from Mesh too. These companies don't ship pcs with windows disks. 2 of my pcs need a reformat. Where do I get the (Windows Vista Ultimate(64bit) for laptop) or the (Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit for old desktop) from to reinstall Windows on these PCs.
Again thanks for Insight
