4 way raid

[Starage]

Hello

Is a four way raid a good way for secure storage?
Or is a external better?
Is the WD 640GB better or WD 500GB for hard drives.
They are only $10.00 different in price and I will be needing four of them to do this raid.
My Asus K8N-DL has built in 4 way raid. and would like to use this to keep all my files and pictures secure.

 

[nitrobass24]

What do you mean by 4-way raid?
go with the WD6400AAKS.

 

[Starage]

Sorry raid 0+1. Is that a good raid? Four way makes no sence

 

[Starage]

UMMM maybe raid 0 would be most secure.

 

[Ockie]

UMMM maybe raid 0 would be most secure.

Raid 0 provides absolutley no redundancy. I think you are looking for Raid 1.


The WD640 is an excellent drive and it's highly recomended.

 

[nitrobass24]

Raid 0 provides absolutley no redundancy. I think you are looking for Raid 1.

Agreed

 

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For $10 more, I'd get the extra 140GB (advertised) and greater speed and reliability of the WD6400AAKS.

 

[Starage]

Alrigth then 640GB.
But is raid 0+1 overkill. I just want a very secure backup of my files if one dirve dies, I do not want to lose my data.

 

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RAID is not a backup. RAID1 or 0+1 or 10 won't provide any contingency from user error, OS crash, spyware, malware, or viruses. It only provides a safeguard against hard disk failure and high uptime (as in, you don't have to spend your time reinstalling everything after an OS disk crashes). You still want to keep secure backups of your precious files either on an external, flash stick, off-site, wherever, just in case. RAID provides redundancy, not backup.