Drive Orginization

[Blackjack]

Alright, so in the rig in my sig i currently have 2x400GB Hitachi drives in Raid 0 and 1x500GB WD Drive as backup for my data. I am running out of space (movie/game/music backups) so i decided to crack open my 750 GB WD External and throw it in there. I am planning on getting rid of raid and was wondering how i should orginize all my data. In other words, what should i put on what drive. Originally i was planning on having my OS and apps installed on the 500, one 400 for Pictures, Music, and Documents, the other 400 for game backups and the 750 for all my movie backups. What do you think?

 

[Megalomaniac]

sure.....
OS on fastest
apps too maybe

you can put the page file the one you will use the least in day to day stuff, like on the back up drive.

 

[Buford]

I will not tell others how to set up their PC but I will tell you how I set up my physical drives.

Disk 0 - WD Raptor 150 GB (2) partitions - 110 Gb for Vista 64 & apps - 40 GB for install (store drivers and mini apps)

Disk 1 & 2 - 750 GB each - media server

Disk 3 - 750 GB - backup (ghost images and file by file back up.)

Disk 4 - 300 GB - Data & games

Disk 5 - Ram disk 2 GB

(2) DVD drives

I am planning on adding (2) 1TB drives for more media storage.

Total disk space ~ 2.5 TB

All movies on the media drives are backed up on server RAID and on DVD.

 

[Dew]

I will not tell others how to set up their PC but I will tell you how I set up my physical drives.

Agreed.

I use a slightly strange setup.

C: = 320GB WD SATA (OS, Programs, separate 30GB partition for Acronis Secure Zone)
C:\Games = 160GB Raptor (160GB Dell model)
My Documents maps to a folder on Y:

Y: = Networked 6.4TB Fileserver (R5)
Z: = Networked 2TB Fileserver (R5)

With this method, I have temp space on my OS drive if I need it, my games are always installed, and my OS is always fresh (Every two weeks I restore from the Acronis Secure Zone, update everything I actually use, and make a new image).