Hi,
I am buying a new Dell T-7500 workstation.
After a Hard Disk crash once, I learned that I need an extra hard disk always ready in case one fails.
Dell is offering either software based Raid -1 OR Hardware based Raid-5 using PERC6/i SAS/SATA Hardware RAID Card with either 3 OR 4 Hard disks.
Specs of system are :
CPU : Intel Xeon E 5645 at 2.4 Ghz
8 GB ECC DDR3 1333 MHz RAM
500 GB SATA 7200 RPM HDDs with either Raid-1 or Raid-5
Windows - 7 Ultimate 64 bit
Currently I clone my HDD using Acronis True Image Home so that I always have an extra HDD ready but it is not in real time so I will still lose some data.
Even if I get a Raid system I still would like to continue cloning the HDD & keep them in remote locations.
My main goal is always having a cloned drive Ready. My concerns are as follows & need advice.
(1) I am not much of a technical person so if anything goes wrong like a Hard disk failure, how difficult would it be to replace the failed HDD & Rebuild the array ?
(2) Would I still be able to clone a HDD as I am currently doing using Acronis software ?
(3) Should I get Hardware based Raid or software based & whether Raid-1 OR Raid 5 & how many HDDs should I get ( 3 or 4 ) if I get Raid-5 ?
(4) I frequently Fresh Install Windows-7 in Primary Partition & I have 6 partitions. I just format the Primary Partition & Install OS.
It is very easy to do now. But will it still remain same with Raid-1 OR Raid-5 ?
Thank You.
I am buying a new Dell T-7500 workstation.
After a Hard Disk crash once, I learned that I need an extra hard disk always ready in case one fails.
Dell is offering either software based Raid -1 OR Hardware based Raid-5 using PERC6/i SAS/SATA Hardware RAID Card with either 3 OR 4 Hard disks.
Specs of system are :
CPU : Intel Xeon E 5645 at 2.4 Ghz
8 GB ECC DDR3 1333 MHz RAM
500 GB SATA 7200 RPM HDDs with either Raid-1 or Raid-5
Windows - 7 Ultimate 64 bit
Currently I clone my HDD using Acronis True Image Home so that I always have an extra HDD ready but it is not in real time so I will still lose some data.
Even if I get a Raid system I still would like to continue cloning the HDD & keep them in remote locations.
My main goal is always having a cloned drive Ready. My concerns are as follows & need advice.
(1) I am not much of a technical person so if anything goes wrong like a Hard disk failure, how difficult would it be to replace the failed HDD & Rebuild the array ?
(2) Would I still be able to clone a HDD as I am currently doing using Acronis software ?
(3) Should I get Hardware based Raid or software based & whether Raid-1 OR Raid 5 & how many HDDs should I get ( 3 or 4 ) if I get Raid-5 ?
(4) I frequently Fresh Install Windows-7 in Primary Partition & I have 6 partitions. I just format the Primary Partition & Install OS.
It is very easy to do now. But will it still remain same with Raid-1 OR Raid-5 ?
Thank You.
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