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| Thread ID: 108202 | 2010-03-18 06:38:00 | RAID question | Nomad (952) | Press F1 |
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| 868251 | 2010-03-19 01:24:00 | Therefore, as the OP didn't ask, he already knew? It made sense at the time I tell you.:rolleyes: I dont care, I tell people anyway. |
pkm (13527) | ||
| 868252 | 2010-03-19 06:06:00 | I had a RAID 0 rig for about a year... then a HDD died. Basically, I lost everything. Didn't matter so much then, but it would be fairly disastrous now. I'd go for a RAID 1 with your important docs and use the third for your OS. I know this isn't what you were asking, but the performance gain you get from RAID 0 isn't much to write home about. I'm thinking of getting a 128GB SSD though, just to keep my OS and Steam on. Probably won't happen (car just got cash hungry), but it's something that can speed your comp up big time. |
Thebananamonkey (7741) | ||
| 868253 | 2010-03-19 06:18:00 | I could do a RAID array but why would I? The speed advantage is not noticable. |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 868254 | 2010-03-19 07:59:00 | Not speed. Redundancy. For me, data is the most important thing. If I lose an OS then I can always reinstall. RAID1 on your data would mean you've got some security there. |
Thebananamonkey (7741) | ||
| 868255 | 2010-03-19 09:47:00 | Not speed. Redundancy. For me, data is the most important thing. If I lose an OS then I can always reinstall. RAID1 on your data would mean you've got some security there. Data is important to me too which is why I use images of hard drives. I have the O/S and programs tweaked the way I want. |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 868256 | 2010-03-19 10:24:00 | I'm very green regarding RAID, but as I understand it, your plan would require drives of exactly the same size, so you won't be able to image a 500GB drive onto a drive or partition of less than 500GB. In some ways, the plan seems a step backwards, although a tad more automated for you. As mentioned previously by others, RAID is not a backup strategy, depending on which version you choose, it is for protecting your data in the event of an HDD failure (RAID 1) You can image a 500GB drive to a much smaller drive or partition because you are only storing an image of the data, not a sector by sector copy of the whole disk. I have in the past successfully used imaging on previous computers using Norton Ghost and on a couple of occasions restored the C drive with 100% success. My data has always been on a second drive. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
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