What are the Benefits of having RAID 0?

[a03dugga]

What are the advantages and disadvantages of using two low-cost HDD's in a RAID 0 setup?

 

[Jayster]

You will have higher read and write times, But if one of the two hard drives fail all data on the array is lost.

 

[Essexraptor]

The data is shared between the 2 drives, which in turn speeds up your read and write times.
Advantage = speedier machine
Because the data is shared if one drive of a Raid 0 array fails you lose all your data.
Disadvantage = data loss if a drive fails
That's the real simple version

 

[a03dugga]

So with an average low-cost ermm...500gb HDD x2, what is the likelyhood that one would fail, or is there any way of preventing the complete loss of data.

 

[jbloggs]

RAID

 

[brodie1shot]

You can prevent data loss by backing everything up

 

[a03dugga]

You can prevent data loss by backing everything up

Wowzers. Kiddin, Id probably back it up on my 1.5TB E-HDD. But surely there should be better means of protecting your data, ofcourse backup is the first and most important thing.

 

[bremen1874]

RAID0 at least doubles the chances of losing everything.

RAID10 has the benefits of RAID0 with redundancy, but it isn't really a sensible option for a desktop machine.

 

[Admiral Huddy]

I've never seen any benefit of any RAID mode in desktop/home PCs and I certainly wouldn't use RAID 1 or 10 as a complete backup solution.

 

[Tunney]

I use a RAID 0 array for my OS drive and then have all my documents on my a different drive (well, actually, a Drobo).

 

[a03dugga]

Thanks for the replies guys, 500gb will be absolutely fine for me thanks. (NO RAID)