4 Raptors - best RAID setup for speed?

[ChrisD.]

Got two atm and two more are coming. I'll be using the partition for the OS, games, burning, Zipping and burning. I want it to be as fast as possible ie RAID 0 but with the extra data I'll be putting on it (have the RAR and ISO files on my 500GB storage drive) I wouldn't mind a bit of redundancy. I want it faster then what it currently is too.

EVGA 680i board with standard controller.

 

[Deleted member 64478]

Raid 0? Stripe No Redundancy << Would take this for speed as your board will support it if it does not do Raid 5

Raid 1? Mirror Redundancy

Raid 5? Stripe with Redundancy << I would choose this if your board takes it.

Raid 10? Mirror and Strip with Redundancy.

I however only know one board that does Raid 10, thats the new MSI 775 board.

 

[ChrisD.]

My board will do RAID 0, 1, 0+1, and 5.

 

[Deleted member 64478]

Visit this link for more information and use your brain.

http://www.acnc.com/raid.html

Good luck.

 

[ChrisD.]

Visit this link for more information and use your brain.

http://www.acnc.com/raid.html

Good luck.

I know what RAID 0 is

 

[Deleted member 64478]

I know what RAID 0 is

Yeh? ..... The link I give you is the start of Raid levels........ not what I linked you. Select a Raid value to find out what it is and then investigate into which Raid level you would like.

 

[ChrisD.]

Ah, now I get it. Sorry!

 

[daven1986]

just use raid 0 for speed and back it up to your 500gb.

 

[ChrisD.]

Just got the other two through. Got 4GB of RAM arriving later so once that's in I'll RAID 0 the four of them and just back it up to the 500GB drive as above. Still undecided on Vista or XP though!