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To RAID0 or not to RAID0

post #1 of 4
8/11/05 at 12:43pm
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I'm gonna order a new computer soon and I still haven't made my mind on the HD config. It's a Sager 9880 and I'd like to know how risky a RAID0 config is and if the config can be modified afterward (from RAID0 to non RAID or the inverse).

I've also looked at the HD and it seems that the Hitachi 60 GB 7200rmp is the fastest on a non RAID config, but the SATA HD beat it on a RAID0 config (by a short margin). Another problem is that I can't find the specs of their 80-100-120GB SATA 5400rpm HD (Sager, Alienware, ...).

Suggestions anyone?
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post #2 of 4
8/11/05 at 1:40pm
RAID was conceived for security, not performance.

In my opinion, RAID excells for automatic backup, but for performance, it's too risky.

Depends if you are going to have valuable data on it tough. I do.
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post #3 of 4
8/11/05 at 2:03pm
Raid 0 stripes the data across both drives and increases performance. If one drive failes then the whole disk is useless. If the raid controller died your gone.

Raid 1 makes a exact copy onto the 2nd harddrive thus making it reduntant and resistant to failure unless you some how kill both drives.


Personally I wouldnt RAID0 a laptop due to lots of movement and increase risk of drive failure.
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post #4 of 4
6/1/09 at 9:11pm
I know this is an old thread but, i'm gonna try to bring it back to life...

I'm having raid 5 put on my system below in the signature. Does anybody have any reason to believe this is a bad move? or, Does anybody think this is a good move?

I want to secure my things on the hdd but in turn, don't want to hurt performance that much.

Any input would be appreciated....Thanks
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