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first of all I apologise if this is posted in the wrong forum I am not quite sure where this belongs,



Hi,
I've recently ordered a high end custom pc and I was wondering if I could ask a few questions about optimising file structures and organisation of data etc.

- i'm running VISTA on a 74 gig Western Digital Raptor HDD (keeping it fast as possible)
- + one 500 gig HDD dedicated for data

+ the option of a few external HDDs for backups / extra storage space.

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My concern is keeping my data organised / easy to backup / while retaining a fast running OS for as long as possible.

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My main user habbits are pretty standard but I see it falling into three catergories;
(i work unprofessionally with photography/graphic design/film/music etc) + High end gaming

WEEKLY BACKUP
- documents / work
- visual / reference images/ photo sets / work
- audio / rares/remixes/ work
+ extras

MONTHLY++ BACKUP
- media / work / film_video / rares/
- photo sets.
- rare applications
- audio / itunes / album backups / work


NO BACKUP required
- games/applications
- + extras


so essentially I would have roughly three sectors to put data in, be it partioned or on separate drives.

if anyone has any ideas about ideal structures or any links to guides on this topic (or software to analyse + show types of data vs size + location)


if you could write me back I would really really appreciate it! thanks a lot guys.
 
The ideal solution if the data is really important to you is to go with Raid 1 (Mirror) (2 Drives). This will duplicate data on the fly.

Other than that I really suggest if the data is that important raid it. If it's not important then why waste time as it's another step in the line to be a perfect operating system.

If you do go for a raid system try find the same drive as the current one you have 500GB. This is most likely the best system to go for in your scenario.
 
andr3w1984 said:
The ideal solution if the data is really important to you is to go with Raid 1 (Mirror) (2 Drives). This will duplicate data on the fly.
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This is not a backup, all RAID1 provides is hardware redundancy that lets you continue working in the event of a disk failure.

It will not protect against
  • Accidental deletion
  • Filesystem corruption
  • Malicious software/acts
  • Theft
  • Fire
  • Flood

Personally I do use a redundant array (RAID5) for data storage but that's because I don't want to have to spend time restoring 1.5Tb of data from DVDs in the event of a simple disk failure. However I still have at least one copy of everything on DVD and an offsite copy of most stuff. Anything which isn't on a DVD yet is sync'd to an external HDD at least every couple of days.
 
set my documents etc to be stored on the 500gb drive, so none of the space is used on the raptor for that

use synctoy to backup the files to an external drive, might as well have it set to a daily scan, it only copies updated/new files, so having it run daily will take less time per session to do it
 
rpstewart said:
This is not a backup, all RAID1 provides is hardware redundancy that lets you continue working in the event of a disk failure.

It will not protect against
  • Accidental deletion
  • Filesystem corruption
  • Malicious software/acts
  • Theft
  • Fire
  • Flood

Personally I do use a redundant array (RAID5) for data storage but that's because I don't want to have to spend time restoring 1.5Tb of data from DVDs in the event of a simple disk failure. However I still have at least one copy of everything on DVD and an offsite copy of most stuff. Anything which isn't on a DVD yet is sync'd to an external HDD at least every couple of days.
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It is a backup if you use a removable caddy and take it away with you :p. Yeh I know its for a hardware failure but its still a backup.

1.5TB of data? You the one who stole the records in the UK from the postman with 25 million records on? :D :eek:

Something really important I take it to be 1.5TB Is that illigal downloads? ;)
 
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