Question about Raid

etalns

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Hi, currently I'm thinking of putting together 2 100 gig drives for a raid system when I build my new comp (a fewm onths down the road, but plannig it now) and I was wondering if anyone could give me some advice.

I am thinking of using raid 0 currently; if I ever have important documnets they get backed up immediately so theres next to no isk of loss, not to mention I do most of my important document work on my laptop (Prefer not to have confidential documents anywhere near the net :) )

Is this a good choice, or is there any other solution that is quite as fast
 

ChrisIsBored

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<< or is there any other solution that is quite as fast >>



Yeah just grab yourself 6 SCSI drives and put them into a RAID 0 array... better access times than IDE and more speed as well...

Have fun.
 

YOyoYOhowsDAjello

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As far as I know, raid 0 is definately the fastest raid setup for 2 HDDs if you don't want to go crazy with SCSI :confused:. Good luck on your new system, it's gunna rock with that kind of hardware
 

GrouchTheSlayer

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raid0 is by far the fastest raid, but also the least reliable. if you're just concerned about speed and not the safety of your data, that's the way to go. a safer way to do it is to get 3 or 4 drives, a promise raid/ide controller card and use raid5. that way you gain both speed and redundancy.