Raid 0 or Raid 1?
04 September 2006, 01:23 PM
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Raid 0 or Raid 1?
Is basic terms, whats the difference? Why would I choose one over the other? 
BTW anyone got an alienware coupon laying around gathering dust?
BTW anyone got an alienware coupon laying around gathering dust?
04 September 2006, 01:26 PM
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raid 0 combines the drives for speed
raid 1 mirrors them for redundancy, same data on two drives so if one breaks the other takes over
would ideally need 2 identical drives for both
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redunda...ependent_disks
better explanation on the link
raid 1 mirrors them for redundancy, same data on two drives so if one breaks the other takes over
would ideally need 2 identical drives for both
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redunda...ependent_disks
better explanation on the link
04 September 2006, 01:40 PM
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really depends what you want to do. do you want speed? redundancy?
many people would say RAID is a bit pointless for a home machine however,
fastest computer....RAID 0, accessing 2 drives at once and as metioned, if one hard drive dies, all data is lost
Redundancy.....RAID 1 or 5 if equipment allows, 5 would need 4 (maybe 3 cant remember off the top of me head) drives to work and a motherboard to support it.
Wheather you'd see a difference depends on other hardware specs and to be honest, if backups and the like is what you want, something like a lacie drive does the job nicely
many people would say RAID is a bit pointless for a home machine however,
fastest computer....RAID 0, accessing 2 drives at once and as metioned, if one hard drive dies, all data is lost
Redundancy.....RAID 1 or 5 if equipment allows, 5 would need 4 (maybe 3 cant remember off the top of me head) drives to work and a motherboard to support it.
Wheather you'd see a difference depends on other hardware specs and to be honest, if backups and the like is what you want, something like a lacie drive does the job nicely
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04 September 2006, 01:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Milamber
So given the choice for a personal computer you'd choose no raid?
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04 September 2006, 02:13 PM
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can you get more than 1 disk in the laptop, if you cant... you aint doing raid
Oh and it would be pointless on a laptop - just back it up.
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Oh and it would be pointless on a laptop - just back it up.
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04 September 2006, 02:15 PM
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If you dont mind losing your data, or you backup your data regularly, RAID 0 is fine. If not then go for RAID1. Or you could not bother with either, have two separate drives, use one for OS and the other for apps and backup critical data from one drive to the other.
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Originally Posted by David_Wallis
can you get more than 1 disk in the laptop, if you cant... you aint doing raid
04 September 2006, 02:43 PM
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Originally Posted by judgejules
have two separate drives, use one for OS and the other for apps and backup critical data from one drive to the other.
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