raid question

agnes · 17 Jan 2007 at 22:44

i got 2 500 gig raptors sata II, and i have a 150gig raptor for OS

now, my question is simple. should i get 2 74 gig raptors and place them in raid for the OS and put the 150gig into the storage with the other 1tb?

thanks, ags

bigstevex · 17 Jan 2007 at 23:01

2 x 500gb raptors? eh? guess thats a typo.

anyhow...

Get another 150gb raptor and raid-0 the 2 of them!

wolvotim · 17 Jan 2007 at 23:08

The way i see it is i dont need masses of space for my C: drive so ive just got 2 80gb sata2 drives in raid0 and a 300gb sata2 drive for all my music, tv and downloads. Makes it a hell of a lot quicker when i format

agnes · 18 Jan 2007 at 00:17

bigstevex said:
2 x 500gb raptors? eh? guess thats a typo.

anyhow...

Get another 150gb raptor and raid-0 the 2 of them!

no, its not a typo, 2 500 gig western digital Sata drives.

The way i see it is i dont need masses of space for my C: drive so ive just got 2 80gb sata2 drives in raid0 and a 300gb sata2 drive for all my music, tv and downloads. Makes it a hell of a lot quicker when i format

this is what i was thinking, cos i use a lot of space due to a lot of dvd's in different formats and downloads, and game iso's... well, i wont go into detail, but i need space. so if i got those 500gig's into raid and then put the 150gig (current OS drive into storage) and then get 2 74gig raptors and put then in raid 0 as well, then use that for my OS... jesus.... would be flying dont ya think?

ags

rpstewart · 18 Jan 2007 at 08:34

Firstly I wouldn't RAID the storage drives, there's no need for the speed boost so all your left with are the disadvantages of RAID0.

You could use a RAID0 array of Raptors for a boot drive but I'm not convinced that they're worth the money, the Seagate 7200.10 range is just as quick but gives 4 times the space for the same money.

noxidjkram@hotm · 18 Jan 2007 at 12:14

7200.10 is quick, but different - Raptors are still faster for load times on multiple smaller files and scanning through the disk. Saying that, the difference will not be too noticeable.

RAIDed Raptors for the boot drive is a great option if you dont mind noise - as mentioned, there is no point in RAID for your storage drives unless you are mirroring for safety purposes.

M