I dont like big drives for the reason if they break you loose, potentially, a lot of data. I'd rather rely on 3-4 drives. But if I did have a 1 TB HD i'd divide it up, defraging none system files is a waste of time and a full 1TB drive would take eons.
How would you divide your TB hard drive up
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I dont like big drives for the reason if they break you loose, potentially, a lot of data. I'd rather rely on 3-4 drives. But if I did have a 1 TB HD i'd divide it up, defraging none system files is a waste of time and a full 1TB drive would take eons.
For me..
(hd0,0) 6 GB primary XP partition. Never use it but it's there just in case.
(hd0,1) 20 GB primary Vista partition. vLite'd install, swap file on another drive. In its own partition so I can reinstall Windows and keep my data intact.
(hd0,2) 100 GB logical Programs partition. Can get away with a lot of them not needing to be reinstalled after a reformat. I like them on their own partition for quicker defragmenting.
(hd0,3 & any other hard drives) logical Storage
(hd0,0) 6 GB primary XP partition. Never use it but it's there just in case.
(hd0,1) 20 GB primary Vista partition. vLite'd install, swap file on another drive. In its own partition so I can reinstall Windows and keep my data intact.
(hd0,2) 100 GB logical Programs partition. Can get away with a lot of them not needing to be reinstalled after a reformat. I like them on their own partition for quicker defragmenting.
(hd0,3 & any other hard drives) logical Storage
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What the hell for? You may as well partition it. Partitioning the OS is a must imo.
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What the hell for? You may as well partition it. Partitioning the OS is a must imo.
Then you've got fixed folder sizes, essentially. And a shed load of drives.
Can I just ask, purely out of curiosity, are all of you guys running terrabyte drives running them in a RAID array, or backing up everything to external drives?
I simply couldn't fathom someone who would entrust a terrabyte's worth of their data to a single drive.
I simply couldn't fathom someone who would entrust a terrabyte's worth of their data to a single drive.
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Indeed. All I use my drive is for installs anyway. All important data is held on the server.
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To be honest with my own home PC which is literally used for recreation and almost nothing else, I wouldn't/don't bother with a RAID setup. Purely because I can't be assed and most things can be copied onto other drives/backup drives/etc.
At work yes OFC. Every production machine here is on RAID5 and we have spare drives at the ready. In a business/production environment it would be insane to put all your eggs in one basket and hope the basket doesn't buckle.
Depends on your backup, DR scenario and more importantly how business critical the data stored actually is.
I've got a 1TB external that isn't partitioned because no apps are run from it.
I will be buying a 1TB internal next week (mainly so I can use the external purely as backup instead of as primary storage). I'll give 40 to Vista, 40 to Windows 7 (both allowing for apps that insist on installing on the OS drive), 350 to apps/games (my Steam folder is 160GBs alone, christ) and 500 to music/video.
I will be buying a 1TB internal next week (mainly so I can use the external purely as backup instead of as primary storage). I'll give 40 to Vista, 40 to Windows 7 (both allowing for apps that insist on installing on the OS drive), 350 to apps/games (my Steam folder is 160GBs alone, christ) and 500 to music/video.
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likewise. tbh i dont see the point of partitioning, there is no benefit other than slightly easier rebuilds (unless you pop the drive).
1x smaller capacity high rpm drive for OS and programs and 1x larger capacity drive for files imo.
Two in Raid0.
Everything important is backed up to my old 500AAKS, so if the raid were to fall over, it wonder matter in the slightest (apart from the RMA annoyance).
pfft.. that's a li'l baby Steam folder!
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Raid 0 for storage? =/
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Yeah i'd never trust a massive drive on its own, all my data is pooled and duplicated over multiple drives thanks to WHS, works out pretty well
I'd never stick a 1TB disk in as my boot/os disk anyway.lol
What the hell for? You may as well partition it. Partitioning the OS is a must imo.
I have Acronis running regular (weekly) scheduled backups of all my disks.
They're all running singularly.