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SCSI Raid-0: How safe is it???

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gredodenda

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I'm thinking about Raid-0 for my new upcoming pc. Got these two 73GB U320 SCSI. I want to do Raid-0 for general speed and gaming performance...now this is my first time approaching RAID setup.

I read numerous info about raid-0 that it has no protection for data. If one goes wrong, two goes down. BUT, my question is how safe is the raid-0?? or should I ask, how long can it last without going bad???


Know any website that tells "how to setup a raid-0??"

thank all for the help!!!
 
Originally posted by: gredodenda
I'm thinking about Raid-0 for my new upcoming pc. Got these two 73GB U320 SCSI. I want to do Raid-0 for general speed and gaming performance...now this is my first time approaching RAID setup.

I read numerous info about raid-0 that it has no protection for data. If one goes wrong, two goes down. BUT, my question is how safe is the raid-0?? or should I ask, how long can it last without going bad???


Know any website that tells "how to setup a raid-0??"

thank all for the help!!!
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How you setup the RAID array is completely dependant upon your controller. What SCSI controller are you using? And the most important question, have you read the manual?

And what exactly do you mean, how safe is RAID 0? It offers no redundancy whatsoever. Every other RAID type does.
 
I got a Dell Precision 650 mobo with LS Logic 1020/1030 U320 Raid-0. What I mean by "how safe", having a RAID-0, does that increase the chance of Hard Drive going bad???

thanks
 
it will no affect the hard drive going bad. but if you lose a drive, your array is down and you will have to reinstall. If you have the option to do RAID 5, grab another drive and do that.
 
Using a two-drive RAID0 array doubles (at the very least) your odds of having drive-induced data loss compared to using a single hard drive. When the array goes down, you lose ALL the data on both drives.

Additionally, simply using ANY RAID array also increases the chance of human error- and hardware error-induced data loss. There are no figures available on the failure rate, but it's obvious that RAID arrays are much more complicated than non-RAID systems and things like operator error are much more common.

As long as you make ongoing backups (which you should no matter WHAT drive system you use), you shouldn't lose any significant data if/when your RAID0 array goes down.
 
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