Raptor Dilemma

[canadianpsycho]

Yes, yes, I know RAID 0 is expensive and pointless.

But I already have the drives.... So do I RAID 0, 1 or just keep em separate?

Part of me wants to RAID em for every single boost in performance, part of me wants to try and get a larger HDD as storage (you'd think it would be easy to trade a Raptor, but not having much luck locally)

I AM SO TORN :brokenheart:

 

[tallman45]

For the vast amount of small files that you may run through a RAID 0 you will lose performance over a single drive.

Best solution is to keep both indepdant of each other and load balance you data and minimize any possible chokepoints.

Properly tuned a system with multiple drives on independant channels, even independant controllers will shine.

 

[LED]

RAID1 or keep em separate and back up regularly

 

[Accord99]

Originally posted by: canadianpsycho

Part of me wants to RAID em for every single boost in performance, part of me wants to try and get a larger HDD as storage (you'd think it would be easy to trade a Raptor, but not having much luck locally)

For a typical user with two drives, I would say two indepedent drives offer a far greater performance boost than RAIDing them.

 

[PhoenixOrion]

kept them separate for a recent gaming rig.

optimal desktop performance with one raptor having the OS and pagefile and the other raptor with apps, programs and games.

then buy any cheap 7200rpm hd for files and media.

 

[PhoenixOrion]

the other thing to note is that if you are an overclocker like myself:

raid controllers, may it be on-chip northbridge/southbridge or any other controller, are sensitive to higher frequencies and voltages.

you have that chance that during overclocking that you mess up your raid array and data goes buh-bye (not trying to be obvious of unfortunately learning this first hand).

 

[Salad]

Hi Guys,

First Post...w00t !!

I heard that it was better to have the pagefile on a seperate HDD, possibly on it's own partition, than the OS?

Next Q: So if I have a RAID 5 array on a 3ware PCI card it is a bad idea to run it on an OC'd system? I was just about to move the array to my gaming PC. And you kever know when you might have the urge to "Max it out"...you know what I mean.

And to keep on topic...Two Raptors would be cool 😉

 

[Amaroque]

Originally posted by: tallman45
For the vast amount of small files that you may run through a RAID 0 you will lose performance over a single drive.

Wouldn't that be dependant on your specific stripe size?

 

[Accord99]

Originally posted by: Salad
I heard that it was better to have the pagefile on a seperate HDD, possibly on it's own partition, than the OS?

Separate HD yes, separate partition no. There's no need to have a partition on a separate HD dedicated solely to the pagefile, and moving the pagefile to another partition but still on the same HD as the OS only reduces performance.

 

[canadianpsycho]

With frequency locks on the SATA ports, I'm not too worried about that aspect of overclocking... Or should I? I've heard of Windows being corrupted, but losing a RAID array is new to me.

Maybe I will leave them separate... Make it easier for me to get rid of the second drive if I decide to.

 

[LED]

Maybe I will leave them separate... Make it easier for me to get rid of the second drive if I decide to.

Good choice 😉

 

[Wild1]

Originally posted by: PhoenixOrion
kept them separate for a recent gaming rig.

optimal desktop performance with one raptor having the OS and pagefile and the other raptor with apps, programs and games.

then buy any cheap 7200rpm hd for files and media.

Would it be difficult to back up the 2 drives containing the OS and the Apps using Norton Ghost? Wouldn't you need to create 2 separate Ghost images? Would this work when you restore it?

 

[Baked]

You bought them 'cause you wanted to RAID 0 them in the 1st place, so go RAID 0 them already, you know you want to.