New build question

MojoPin

MojoPin

MojoPin

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Hello
New to Overclockers but was hoping for a bit of advice regarding the new build I'm undertaking, please.

Got myself a Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD5 P55 motherboard, two Hitachi 2TB Desktar HDDs and an Intel 128GB SSD. (All going in an Antec 183 with an Intel i7 875k and Sapphire ATI HD6970 2GB)

I want to use the SSD for OS and programs and keep all my data - lots of music, video and images - on one of the HDDs, with the other used as a RAID drive to back everything up. (Might seem excessive but I was burned recently by a corrupt HDD and I've not been the same since! Devastated wasn't the word)

I have ideas how to do this, and I think RAID 1 would be sufficient, just a straight copy of the data, but was wondering what the Overclockers hive mind could suggest as well!

Thanks a lot in advance
Andy
 
Yeah raid one is the way to go as your drive is mirrored mind u I think this will only leave u with 1.8 TB after setup

I've gone for a 120 GB ssd for os 2x 1TB wd blacks raid o for games and a 2 TB wd green for back up files photos music
 
That is one option of course. Going RAID that is. But another is to use the one hard drive, or part of it as a back up.

This is what I do. Each day my selected folders are backed up to my designated hard drive, in my case I use a USB3 external drive to store my data, music and other important stuff I do not want to loose. I have two external hard drives and I rotate them every week or so.

RAID 1 will be perfect for your needs too. On the utility disc that came with the motheboard there is a RAID option. One click is all it takes.
 
Thanks very much for your help.
Also, the motherboard I have has 6 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (SATA2_0, SATA2_1, SATA2_2, SATA2_3, SATA2_4, SATA2_5) supporting up to 6 SATA 3Gb/s devices
Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10.
There are also 2 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors (GSATA3_6, GSATA3_7) support for SATA RAID 0 and RAID 1ï·
I obviously want to connect the SSD to one of the 6Gb/s sockets, but should I connect both HDDs to 3Gb/s, or does it not matter if one is plugged into the remaining 6Gb/s socket. The two HDDs will be run in a RAID 1 set-up.
Thanks again
Andy
 
I don't do raid setups myself (prefer a regular standard backup) however i think for the raid setup to work they'd need to be on the same controller.

So if you have the SSD on the SATA 6Gb/s port you'd have to put the other 2 drives on the 3Gb/s ports. The difference in SATA speeds isn't that important for mechanical hard drives anyway.
 
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