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WD Caviar Black 1TB or a 2nd Spinpoint F3 1TB in RAID

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honj90

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I'm thinking I might need some more storage on my computer, and I was wondering what would be better: Add a second Samsung Spinpoint F3 (to my existing one) and use them in RAID, or get a WD Caviar Black (about 20$ more expensive).

I'm using a Crucial RealSSD 64GB for boot/main applications.
 
Going raid 0 on storage drives will only incewse the chance of data loss. Get the 2nd f3 but no raid.
 
Storage for what? If speed is not a big issue I would go with cheaper 5400 rpm drives and more space. I actually run my games form such a drive perfectly fine.
 
If you want storage, and are concerned about integrity, I see no advantage or disadvantage of getting a second drive whether with or without creating a stripe. A drive failure there will still potentially give you data loss.

Personally I run a RAID 5 array. Granted you need more drives, but I can't complain about the redundancy.
 
Railgun said:
If you want storage, and are concerned about integrity, I see no advantage or disadvantage of getting a second drive whether with or without creating a stripe. A drive failure there will still potentially give you data loss.

Personally I run a RAID 5 array. Granted you need more drives, but I can't complain about the redundancy.
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With two separate drives, if one dies, he loses half of his data. With two drives in RAID 0, if one dies, he loses all of his data.

OP: make sure you have your essential stuff backed up on a third drive. Drives do die unexpectedly.
 
CurseTheSky said:
With two separate drives, if one dies, he loses half of his data. With two drives in RAID 0, if one dies, he loses all of his data.

OP: make sure you have your essential stuff backed up on a third drive. Drives do die unexpectedly.
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Assuming one's not full and the other only has 10% filled.

ANY storage should be a mirror at least if one is really concerned about it.
 
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