27 Oct 2007 at 15:40 #1 peet peet Associate Joined 12 Oct 2007 Posts 116 Location The soft room Hello all. I've decided to stick with Xp for now and was wondering - should I set up raid 0 using my 2x250Gb hdds, or what? I'll be using this system for gaming and watching films. Are there still significant benefits to RAID?
Hello all. I've decided to stick with Xp for now and was wondering - should I set up raid 0 using my 2x250Gb hdds, or what? I'll be using this system for gaming and watching films. Are there still significant benefits to RAID?
27 Oct 2007 at 15:51 #2 ChrisD. ChrisD. Man of Honour Joined 20 Sep 2006 Posts 36,487 Depends if you can afford to loose what ever data is on there if you're striping. Basically if one of the drive dies then you loose all data. If this doesn't bother you then go for it.
Depends if you can afford to loose what ever data is on there if you're striping. Basically if one of the drive dies then you loose all data. If this doesn't bother you then go for it.
27 Oct 2007 at 15:56 #3 Kobrakai Kobrakai Associate Joined 19 Jan 2005 Posts 1,174 Location Cambridge I wouldn’t keep films on a Raid0 drive, too much risk of losing them if you don’t have a backup. You should notice a significant improvement in gaming though, especially with loading times.
I wouldn’t keep films on a Raid0 drive, too much risk of losing them if you don’t have a backup. You should notice a significant improvement in gaming though, especially with loading times.
27 Oct 2007 at 17:48 #4 peet peet Associate OP Joined 12 Oct 2007 Posts 116 Location The soft room Hmm. Thanks lads. I think I'll leave RAID for now.
