I'm looking at putting together a ~2tb+ array as I'm tired of losing photos to drive failures and I am quickly finding the need to store large amounts of data and have it readily accessible with better than JBOD performance. Primary use of this box - single user home pc w/ heavy photoshop use, heavy gaming, and plenty of archiving.
I already have:
Areca ARC-1220 8-slot SATAII RAID adapter
6 WD RE2 500gb drives
1 WD SE16 500gb
PC - C2D e6400, 4gb ddr2, 680i SLI, Vista 64 Ult, 7900gt, 650w Antec
How would you guys recommend I setup this array? RAID 5, 6, 10? Multiple arrays? System/Apps on the spare hd? Anything unsual I need to be aware of with this setup?
Any input is much appreciated. I've never dealt with this scale of an array.
I already have:
Areca ARC-1220 8-slot SATAII RAID adapter
6 WD RE2 500gb drives
1 WD SE16 500gb
PC - C2D e6400, 4gb ddr2, 680i SLI, Vista 64 Ult, 7900gt, 650w Antec
How would you guys recommend I setup this array? RAID 5, 6, 10? Multiple arrays? System/Apps on the spare hd? Anything unsual I need to be aware of with this setup?
Any input is much appreciated. I've never dealt with this scale of an array.