Hi
I wasn't sure if I should hi-jack another thread or not but basically I'm currently building my new system after selling all my old parts off. My two Raptor 80GB drives have arrived which I was going to use in a RAID 0 config to run OS and programme i use such as office. Anyway i am now looking to order a 3rd drive which I am hoping to use to store large files and use to store a back up on. I was looking to get a WD Caviar SE16 250GB for this job keeping with the WD theme. Although quite a lot of people on here recommend the Samsung Spinpoints, Seagate Barracudas. Which are better drive for the purpose I have stated. Also I have read a thread on here where someone had a RAID 0 fail a lot. How often does this happen? Is it common on raptors in a RAID setup?
Secondly if im wanting to do regular backs that if the worst happened and one of the raptors failed whats the best way to do this. I was thinking of making Ghost images on to the 3rd hard drive, using something like norton ghost. Is this possible? Or what would people suggest.
The last thing I wanted to know will relate to my thread in the motherboard section. This setup will involve a 680i motherboard. I've read theres a few problems with setup a RAID 0 with these but nvidia are working on it. Should i wait for this to be sorted out.
I wasn't sure if I should hi-jack another thread or not but basically I'm currently building my new system after selling all my old parts off. My two Raptor 80GB drives have arrived which I was going to use in a RAID 0 config to run OS and programme i use such as office. Anyway i am now looking to order a 3rd drive which I am hoping to use to store large files and use to store a back up on. I was looking to get a WD Caviar SE16 250GB for this job keeping with the WD theme. Although quite a lot of people on here recommend the Samsung Spinpoints, Seagate Barracudas. Which are better drive for the purpose I have stated. Also I have read a thread on here where someone had a RAID 0 fail a lot. How often does this happen? Is it common on raptors in a RAID setup?
Secondly if im wanting to do regular backs that if the worst happened and one of the raptors failed whats the best way to do this. I was thinking of making Ghost images on to the 3rd hard drive, using something like norton ghost. Is this possible? Or what would people suggest.
The last thing I wanted to know will relate to my thread in the motherboard section. This setup will involve a 680i motherboard. I've read theres a few problems with setup a RAID 0 with these but nvidia are working on it. Should i wait for this to be sorted out.
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