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I need more storage = Raid?

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InfernalMachine

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I currently run an 80GB 10K Raptor HDD, it's fast, just what I needed at the time, and took over one year to need more space.

So now I am faced with, well needing more space and need some opinions.

Add another, 80GB Raptor keep them in a non-raid 0 configuration: One HDD for Windows and certain apps, other HDD for storage.

Add another 80GB 10K raptor in a Raid configuration

Buy a larger 10K Raptor...

Buy a larger 7200K HDD

Thoughts?
 
Raid has nothing to do with more storage

just get another drive and put files on it raid 0 is not good for storage.

what are you storing on the drive?

get a nice 320g seagate 7200.10, bets price point and move all your non program / game files to it.
 
MrGuvernment said:
Raid has nothing to do with more storage

just get another drive and put files on it raid 0 is not good for storage.

what are you storing on the drive?

get a nice 320g seagate 7200.10, bets price point and move all your non program / game files to it.
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Total Raid newb here, does this configuration of two Raptor drives only yield the same 80gb of space?
 
InfernalMachine said:
Total Raid newb here, does this configuration of two Raptor drives only yield the same 80gb of space?
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Although posted pretty much everywhere, let me give you the quick rundown of raid levels:
RAID0 - Striping: first block goes to disk a, second block goes to disk b, third block goes to disk a, etc. If one disk dies, you lose the entire array. Available space is SizeOfDisk*NumberOfDisks.
RAID1 - Mirroring: All blocks go to all disks in the same spot. So as long as one drive in the array is alive, you lose no data. Available space is SizeOfDisk.
RAID5 - Striping+Parity: Data is striped across multiple disks, but a parity value is calculated for all data, and interwoven with the other data. You can lose up to one hard drive before you lose all the data. Available space is SizeOfDisk*(NumberOfDisks-1).

Theres a few other levels but I doubt you'll need them. My suggestion is (as already listed) to buy a large 7200rpm drive and put all of your large files on there (mp3's, movies, etc). Any new applications you can install onto it. RAID is mostly to protect uptime and/or increase performance, if you don't explicitly require it, it usually just complicates things.
 
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