what RAID should i use?

[ekuest]

i have 2 320GB seagate 7200rpm drives. id like to use raid for more speed, and also redundancy. it seems like RAID 1 is the best choice. is that right? i dont really care about losing space, as its just for my OS and for backing up "my documents" in case my 1TB storage drive fails. would RAID 0 give me noticeably more speed? is there another way i can do this to get the most speed and also redundancy? thanks!

 

[serpretetsky]

with two drives there is only one option to give you redundancy, and that is raid-1. Raid-1 should inrease read speed from the array, but it generally decreases write speed to the array.

 

[ekuest]

ok sounds good. read speed is more important to me. thanks.

 

[sniggle]

It should not decrease write speed since there is no parity calculation. Write speed should be the same as if you had one drive (unless one of those drives is worse than the other).