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12th Feb 2008, 07:10
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Well I need a few fast harddrives for RAID But I have never done it before so I need some advice:
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What size is good? Any perticular make good?
I don't want to spend Loads of money on it, but I may be able to spend a couple of hundred Pounds, I don't know if this is enough, but as I'm upgrading the rest of my computer aswell, It's going to be expensive. My System: First OC
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12th Feb 2008, 07:32
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Are you considering a RAID0 or RAID1 set up ..... what is your reason for wanting RAID ?
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12th Feb 2008, 07:42
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There are a few routes to take if you want the ultimate hard drive speed.
The most common would be to take an average hard drive, for example the slightly speedy 500gb samsung spinpoint, and simply put several of them in RAID0. More speed-orientated enthusiasts however would be looking at the Western Digital Raptor X series, which offer a spindle speed of 10,000RPM, an improvement over the standard 7,200RPM and come in 36gb, 74gb and 150gb sizes. I currently have 2 x 36GB Raptors in RAID0, and it's pretty fast. Although if you are hellbent on having simply the fastest system out there, you may want to look at SSDs (Solid State Disks), of which the most common is the Samsung 32GB disks. These have an oustanding read speed of 50mb/s, though their write speed suffers as a consequence. These are actually memory cards, but can be used as hard drives, and are not for the feint hearted, or even the shallow pocketed, as these can be anywhere from £200 EACH. Onboard RAID is good enough, if your chipset supports it, though there isn't any real advantages/disadvantages to using a RAID Card.
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12th Feb 2008, 07:54
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Well I need a fast hdd setup, but I am unfamiliar with RAID, so, Whats the Difference between RAID0 and RAID1?
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12th Feb 2008, 10:36
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Ok, from reading that I think I want RAID0
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12th Feb 2008, 13:02
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After looking at some HDD I think I want to go for 4 drives @ about 160GB each @ 7200RPM, this should limit the cost somewhat, however provide good preformance, however I am still looking for a RAID card that supports 4 drives, not 100% sure I wil need a card, but from reviews i have read on some, it does speed the proccess up. Please let me know if I am making a terrible mistake :P
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13th Feb 2008, 16:58
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Motherboard should be fine then.
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13th Feb 2008, 18:25
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Do all motherboard support RAID for all the SATA connections?
For example, I'm wanting to RAID 4 drives in RAID0 Would the drive support all 4 SATA ports in RAID? I was also thinking of a RAID card so I can have my current 2 harddrives to store stuff that I need to keep, just incase of a RAID drive failure, Or is it best to get a SATA card, just for an extra 2 ports, and use the onboard RAID? Hope that makes sence, if it doesn't say which part and I'll try to re type it comprehensivley |
