Should I get an SATA raid card, or just use the ATA raid...

[PuterWiz]

Topic says it all, i have an Albatron KX18DS pro it comse with Sata raid, and ata raid onboard.

Im using the Sata raid w/ 2 Raptors, so I need some backup space, im getting two 200gig HD's. Would it be worth it to get serial ata drives, and a sata raid card, or should i just go for the ata raid, and call it fast enough, maybe there is not that much of a difference?

Anyone know?


Thanks

Shawn

 

[Baked]

If it's only for backup storage, you don't need maxium performance. In fact, I'd not RAID the backup drives together in case the RAID 0 array craps out. Separate IDE HDs will be fine.

 

[PuterWiz]

i was gonna mirror them for 200gigs-o-fun

 

[Daynja]

Only use SATA if you like smaller cables.

And never use RAID 0.

 

[coejus]

I wouldn't RAID my storage drives at all.

 

[PuterWiz]

i use raid 0 for my operating system, beacause loosing that data really wouldent kill me.

 

[PuterWiz]

Originally posted by: coejus
I wouldn't RAID my storage drives at all.

Also an explantion would be nice, why wouldent you use raid, unsafe, too much trouble, for not enough speed?

 

[tweeve2002]

Originally posted by: coejus
I wouldn't RAID my storage drives at all.

Why I do...With them RAIDed I get twice the space and better transfer speeds. Sure I run a slightly higher risk of loosing my data if a drive craps out, but I would have lost that data anyway if it was a single drive and it craped out. Besides in the 4 years of using RAID 0 in my drive, I have only once had a drive crap out on me, but that was because of a bad PSU messed up the drive.