Setting up a raid

[dancook]

Hey,

I've never setup a raid and I wanted to check how simple it would be.

I have an MS-7325, I'm getting an SSD today for the o/s

I have two 750gb hdds, each with about 600gb of data on, is it worth putting them in striped RAID?

Do I use manufacturer software to create the RAID within windows?

Would it automatically optimise existing data and stripe it across the two drives?

thanks, Dan

 

[BeeP]

Not 100% sure but I thought raid needed 2 blank disks, as in any info on them will be wiped while creating.

Like I say I'm not 100% on that, it's true of RAID0 but never used any others.

 

[Amraam]

Not 100% sure but I thought raid needed 2 blank disks, as in any info on them will be wiped while creating.

Like I say I'm not 100% on that, it's true of RAID0 but never used any others.

Yup I think all RAID arrays format the drives.

Your two 750GB'ers - are they for storage or for system files/apps? If it's for storage, I'd whap them together into RAID1. OK, you still only have 750GB of storage, but it's a good backup. I would never (I worry too much though) leave my music and files I want to keep on a RAID0 array.

 

[dancook]

Thanks, it is a lot of storage. Large media files and sort.. but if I did lose them, it would be annoying, but it wouldn't be the end of the world.

Maybe I'll consider a raid 1, since I do have an external WD 2TB "mirror"