Help with new setup

[Williamea]

I have 2 PCs. My main which is used for gaming and my old pc that I want to setup as file storage/media center. This will be my first venture into a raid setup so I have a few questions.

For my gaming pc I would like to setup raid0.
Question 1: What would be the best drives to buy currently? I do not need anything with a large amount of space as I will be using my old pc for storage.
Question 2: What would be the best way to setup the partitions?
Question 3: I currently run a couple of VMs using VirtualBox. Would the raid0 setup cause any issues with this?

For my old PC I would like to setup Raid1
Question 1: What would be the best drives to buy currently? Looking for 1-2TB.
Question 2: What would be the best way to setup the partitions? I would think a small one for the OS and the rest for the stored data.
Question 3: I would be streaming media from this pc to my PS3/TV via wireless network. Would I see any additional lag caused by the raid1 setup?
Question 4: I would still be using my main/gaming pc to download music, work on docs, and copy pics from my camera. What would be the best way to xfer these to my storage PC? Just a cut/paste over the network or is there a good automated tool to use?


So am I on the right track here or am I missing something or looking at this the wrong way? Thanks in advance for any help.

 

[Easykill1978]

why raid 0, do raid10.. best of both worlds, fast and more robust..
40gig for windows, rest for data... if you game, then simply set it to 80% windows/games rest data...

Nope, be faster to load if anything.

old pc..

1.) hitachi
2.) 40gig windows, rest data

i would again use raid10, u get speed and reliability.. however raid 1 is slow....
u could use and automated tool if you like.. tho i allways have a mapped drive and when i download i set the target to where its got to go anyway...