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Eye7

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Hey Hardforum!

I recently built the system in my sig.....I've got Windows 7 Ultimate installed on a 100GB partition and after installing all of the programs I use etc, I still have 39GB free that I will never use. Not to mention 1.67TB for my Data in my other partition.

So, here is what I would like to do. . .

Replace both hard drives in my computer with an 80GB SSD and just use that for everything I do on my PC. I would then of course not have any storage, but I have been toying with the idea of just building a file server or something.

My main concern is backups/data loss with the Raid 0 array etc. Would it make any sense to grab an SSD and only have that inside my rig, and then have some form of external storage solution?
 
If you don't use more than 100GB of storage, then you could go with a RAID 0 array using two 80GB SSDs. But you need to have some sort of back-up "solution," regardless of whether it's internal or external.

It seems like you're currently using a 2TB HDD for storage... I recommend keeping that instead of using an external HDD for backing up the RAID 0 setup.
 
Why not get a ssd for main os/apps and use the other hdd for data?

I've got a 64gb ssd as my main drive with program's i mainly use installed with a 1.5tb hdd as data.
 
I don't see what the question is really, since using a SSD as your OS disk will lead to an all around improvement, why not just keep your other hard drive in your PC? Is there a reason you don't want to do that? You're not really clear on what you're wanting to accomplish here.

There are cheap externals available, but since you already have almost 2 TB of storage on one hard drive, I don't see why you'd need an external.

however, if you're willing to spend more money

you could keep your everyday computer and build a really cheap file server for under $400-500ish, buy a SSD for your everyday computer, put the 2 TB hard drive into your file server, and bam, there's a good solution, only difference is it costs you more, but it also keeps things seperate.

Of course, whether you like that or not is up to you, but you can also use the file server to stream media to your PS3/X360 if you have one or hook it up to a TV and watch movies or shows, or record both off of it if that's what you want to do.

There's a lot of possibilities here, just add a little clarity to what you're wanting out of this.
 
I would leave a data drive in the PC, with live backups to it, and archive to external. Though, there's nothing wrong with your plan of using external storage as the backup.
 
Wasn't exactly sure what I wanted to accomplish when I made this post.

However, I think I am going to go with x2 80GB SSD's in Raid 0 inside my tower. Then, build an external file server to use as storage/backup/media!
 
What are the sizes of the two HDDs you're currently using?

Why can't you reuse one of those as an internal backup/storage drive?
 
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