Raid0 and separate independant.

Gaidin109 · 29 Sep 2009 at 20:01

Can I set up a raid 0 with 2x 1TB F3's and then have a 1.5TB seagate set independently. Currently using gigabyte UD5 Mobo and have a F1 750Gb and seagate 750Gb set up as independant drives. I dont have much experience of raid on PC's.

Gaidin109 · 29 Sep 2009 at 21:42

That's cool. I don't want a raid 1 as the 1.5gb drive is a junk drive, just to shove stuff like vids and music and stuff. I want the raid 0 for the performance increase over a single drive. Cheers for the help.

Gaidin109 · 1 Oct 2009 at 20:02

no real specific application. just never done it on a PC. thought it would make it quicker over all.

Gaidin109 · 1 Oct 2009 at 20:34

SSD's are too expensive and can be unreliable. Raid will be ok, I will also have a 1.5Gb drive for backing up music etc.

Gaidin109 · 2 Oct 2009 at 05:56

We've used some at work, (when I say some, over 1000) and we have had a failure rate of around 17%, this could be a bad batch, but it doesnt inspire confidence. But regardless of this, they are too expensive anyway. £300-£500 for 256Gb is a bit steep at retail when compared to 1TB HDD's. Also OS stutter, and no way to recover lost data, failure due to stong magnetic fields etc. I've read reports of some SSD's losing performance drastically when the OS is reinstalled as well. I'll stick with Raid HDD for now.