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3 HDDs on my new computer

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OK, so I just upgraded my computer to an MSI K8N Neo2 Plat/A64 3200+. I currently have 3 20GB Quantum Fireball HDDs (ahh, the good ole days) in the machine. Under my old setup, the way I had them arranged was with two of the drives in RAID 0 as the OS disk, and the single drive had my Documents and Settings folder on it (you have to make a custom install disc to install the folder to a different location). That way, I could keep all my d/ls and files and stuff in My documents and only ever (generally) have to back up my user profile to capture all my files, email, etc, but still have the cleanliness of having them on a separate disk.

When I was going about setting it back up, I thought about whether there was another better way to arrange these drives on my system (I do plan to get more storage space, but not for a while).

Here's what I came up with as possible options (all RAIDs/spanning would be done with nvRAID on chip):

Keep my current config (2 spanned/striped for os, 1 for Docs).
Span the 3 drives together to look like 1 big drive.
1 for OS, 2 spanned/striped for Docs.
1 for OS, 1 for Docs, 1 for Program Files.
2 spanned/striped for OS/Docs, 1 for data storage.
1 for OS/Docs, 2 spanned/striped for data storage.

So, what do you think I should do? Which method allows for the best combination of efficiency, cleanliness, ease of use, speed, etc.?

Thanks in advance.

 
6 on one hand, half a dozen on the other.

I would not RAID 0 my important data, other than that, it is just a matter of convience.

There is not really enough of a performance difference (assuming you have a decent amount of RAM) to worry about that, so organize it how you like.

==>lazn
 
From a performance stand point, a current generation 7200RPM single drive is going to embarass those Fireballs, even when in RAID-0 in tasks where RAID-0 scales very well. Leave performance out of this - striped or not, 20GB drives are going to be slow. Especially on drives that old, I would not want to take the MTTF reduction of running RAID-0, and I'd go with single drives. Beyond that, partition and mount them as you see fit, with what is best suited for your uses. With that said, I like "1 for OS, 1 for Docs, 1 for Program Files." My $.02
 
Yeah, I know, but I went over budget already on what I got, but I figured it was worth it. I've got my eye on the new Seagates myself, but need to save up some for them. When I do, I'll probably move these over to my file server/media pc.

BTW, until last weekend, they'd been running RAID 0 since the day they were unpacked. Those quantum drives were (in my experience) bulletproof. Having said that, I think I'm not going to push my luck and go with the 3 single drives.

 
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