Two Toshibas in RAID or one HGST?

Duvan · 15 Sep 2015 at 16:30

I'm trying to decide betwen buying two cheaper 2 TB drives or just one, better quality, 2TB drive.

Cheaper:
Since I've heard so much bad about Seagate Barraccuda I'm looking at Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB.
2 year warranty.

More expensive:
Hgst Ultrastar Kit 2tb Hdd Rtl
5 year warranty.

The idea would be to run the two Toshibas in RAID as mirrors (software).
The price of two Toshibas are the same as one HGST in my country! So if I buy HGST it's just one.
Which would you go for for performance and safty?

Extra:
I'd prefer Western Digital but they have no 2TB drives that aren't slower RPM... well haven't quite figured out what the WD Mainstream drives are running at... any clues? Also 10€ more than Toshiba a piece.

Duvan · 15 Sep 2015 at 16:50

Thanks.
What about performance in software RAID 1?
I would get about the same read and write speed, not slower at least, than the HGST?
Hard to say of course, but trying to make sure I'm not missing something essential.

So about safety of my files... I assume two Toshibas is a bit safer than one HGST? If one Toshiba breaks I can access the other drive (and I'll notice that one drive is broken, right?).

Duvan · 15 Sep 2015 at 19:02

Thanks for your answers.
Also, the Toshiba says "no RAID" on some web shop. But they still work in software RAID, just not on hardware eh?

Duvan · 16 Sep 2015 at 15:16

Or in other words... do all drives work in raid? Software at least?
I saw somebody using RAID with usb memories so I sort of assume so then heh?