Anyone with RAID 0?
02 March 2008, 10:05 PM
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Anyone with RAID 0?
Just about to build a new computer. Already bought one hard drive and I'm aware I'd need to buy another by the same manufacturer and size if I want to go raid. Am I right in thinking that if both drives have 500gb it doesn't equal 1tb?
Also is the result worth the extra cost? Dissapointing or wow? Its a family computer so used for all sorts of things, so if its worth it all order a second drive.
Thanks for any help.
Also is the result worth the extra cost? Dissapointing or wow? Its a family computer so used for all sorts of things, so if its worth it all order a second drive.
Thanks for any help.
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02 March 2008, 10:19 PM
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It will be pretty close to 1TB: the losses come from formatting, not from setting up RAID.
You are aware that you are doubling the chance of losing everything, aren't you? If half the stripe goes then the lot has gone. Performance increase is just noticeable for bursts, not really apparent for sustained use. It's mainly for bragging rights, or where every last iota of performance counts. Just how fast do you need to access your pr0n?
I have it in three rigs, but just for the bragging rights.
M
You are aware that you are doubling the chance of losing everything, aren't you? If half the stripe goes then the lot has gone. Performance increase is just noticeable for bursts, not really apparent for sustained use. It's mainly for bragging rights, or where every last iota of performance counts. Just how fast do you need to access your pr0n?
I have it in three rigs, but just for the bragging rights.
M
02 March 2008, 10:45 PM
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It will be pretty close to 1TB: the losses come from formatting, not from setting up RAID.
You are aware that you are doubling the chance of losing everything, aren't you? If half the stripe goes then the lot has gone. Performance increase is just noticeable for bursts, not really apparent for sustained use. It's mainly for bragging rights, or where every last iota of performance counts. Just how fast do you need to access your pr0n?
I have it in three rigs, but just for the bragging rights.
M
You are aware that you are doubling the chance of losing everything, aren't you? If half the stripe goes then the lot has gone. Performance increase is just noticeable for bursts, not really apparent for sustained use. It's mainly for bragging rights, or where every last iota of performance counts. Just how fast do you need to access your pr0n?
I have it in three rigs, but just for the bragging rights.
M
. I need to access my **** as quickly as possibe But seriously. I just want to load programs like word photoshop etc etc more quickly, but quickly in a noticeable way.
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With hard discs being as cheap as they are, why not go the whole hog and go RAID 5? Then you get the capacity as well as the redundancy.
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think to be honest with the advances in hd technology (more cache etc) there isnt a great deal of real world performance diffeence imo
(I use a riad 0 on my desktop with a pair of hitachi 160gb drives)
If you went for some raptors though you would probably notice a difference
(I use a riad 0 on my desktop with a pair of hitachi 160gb drives)
If you went for some raptors though you would probably notice a difference
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