Best 320gb HD's for Raid 0?

!TIMMY! · 24 Dec 2008 at 11:50

Ok I am thinking of getting a 3 drive Raid 0 set up, which I will back up every day to my 1tb external.

I have chosen a single platter HD because its better isnt it?

Which is the best out of the Samsung F1 320gb or Western Digital WD3200AAKS 320gb?

Are there any other drives that I should look at? This will be used for storage and video editing. I have a raptor as my OS drive.

benwoodcock · 24 Dec 2008 at 12:52

Single Platter is faster and, quieter.

!TIMMY! · 24 Dec 2008 at 13:54

Are there any other 320gb single platters out there?

Craig321 · 24 Dec 2008 at 13:54

Probably the Western Digital RE3 (RAID Edition) 320GB drives. I've been told they're best for RAID over the 7200.11 drives

londonbairn · 24 Dec 2008 at 14:32

I have 2x320gb RE3s and they are super fast

DavidS14 · 25 Dec 2008 at 12:45

rafster said:
I have 2x320gb RE3s and they are super fast

+1

Kinitawawi · 25 Dec 2008 at 12:55

Yeah I've heard good things about these RE3's.

I'm very temped to get a Raid 0, but 2 drives or 3? Although important data will be backed up, is there much more of a risk with 3 RE3's in raid 0 over 2?

Craig321 · 27 Dec 2008 at 15:44

Kinitawawi said:
Yeah I've heard good things about these RE3's.

I'm very temped to get a Raid 0, but 2 drives or 3? Although important data will be backed up, is there much more of a risk with 3 RE3's in raid 0 over 2?

Yes, you triple the chance of failure instead of doubling it. It's not the RAID 0 technology that increases the chances of failure, it's the fact that you're using more than one disk.

Because all data is split across how ever many disks there are in the array, if one fails you lose everything. The more disks you have the more chance of failure.