New build needs advice...

[homercles337]

Im in the process of a new build and have a storage question. The mobo (gigabyte UD4P) supports RAID 0/1/5/10. I have 3 1TB hard discs arriving any minute. Given this information which RAID option would M&S use?

Edit: Also, can i expand the array with more discs without rebuilding the array? Probably a question for the gigabyte folks, no?

 

[ch33zw1z]

It really depends on you. What are you storing? How important is it? How big is it?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R...y_of_independent_disks

I would do one of these (most likely RAID 1):

RAID 1: Mirror two of them, run the OS on the third. You'll lose a drives worth of storage, but can handle a single drive failure. Won't be as fast as RAID 5 or 10 for certain things. You won't notice the difference if all you do is watch movies and listen to music

RAID 5: You'll lose a drives worth of storage, but can handle a single drive failure.

RAID 10: Requires another drive. You'll lose two drives worth of storage, but can handle two drive failures at opposite sides of the striped drives.

I don't believe you'll be able to expand the array without recreating it. I haven't see any onboard RAID solutions for home consumers that are flexible in that way. Doesn't hurt to give gigabyte a call/email to double check.