2 in raid0 or just 1?

timmillwood · 16 Jul 2011 at 20:38

Is is faster to get two hard drives and run them in raid0, or just get one big hard drive?

paradisiac · 16 Jul 2011 at 20:44

in my setup
3.5" 1TB Single Drive

3.5" 2x500GB Raid0

so benchmark wise, well worth it. real world, cant say i notice any real difference.

Duke · 16 Jul 2011 at 21:19

RAID will be quicker, but if one drive fails then you lose all data (as the data is spread over both, hence is being quicker to read from).

I don't think you'll notice a massive difference though, plus it means twice the heat and noise (unless you go for SSD).

paradisiac · 16 Jul 2011 at 21:24

Duke said:
RAID will be quicker, but if one drive fails then you lose all data (as the data is spread over both, hence is being quicker to read from).

I don't think you'll notice a massive difference though, plus it means twice the heat and noise (unless you go for SSD).

but can the same not be said about having 1x1TB drive, if that 1 drive fails, you loose all data :confused:

Duke · 16 Jul 2011 at 21:44

paradisiac said:
but can the same not be said about having 1x1TB drive, if that 1 drive fails, you loose all data

I meant to say, there is twice the risk with RAID

paradisiac · 16 Jul 2011 at 21:47

Duke said:
I meant to say, there is twice the risk with RAID

this i would then agree with. the risks far outweigh the gains with technology the way it is now. back in the day Raid0 was a good performance boost, now hard drives with large cache and quick seek times are soo cheap its not worth the hassel.

timmillwood · 16 Jul 2011 at 22:21

I was actually thinking of getting two 1tb drives for raid1, but then was thinking raid0, and should I get four 500gb drives and run raid10.

same space, extra speed.

but it would end up costing more, maybe it's better to save the cash and get cache with a small SSD on a Z68 MB.

LizardKing · 16 Jul 2011 at 23:21

You wont see the benefits outside of benchmarks going for a Raid setup in a home environment

Unless of course you buy SAS or SSD

James J · 17 Jul 2011 at 01:03

I do notice that load times in games are quicker on my RAID 0 setup, however you are bound to hit problems at some point. One of my hard drives got errors on it within 2 months and is currently away for RMA. Definitely notcied a speed loss just using the 1 500gb drive along side my ssd.